Sorry, Bay's booked solid for weekend!

MANDY SMITH
Last-minute holiday-makers will be scrambling to find accommodation as Hawke's Bay becomes the destination du jour for Labour Weekend.
Many hotels, motels and even camping grounds in Napier and Hastings are full or solidly booked for the last long weekend before Christmas.
"Nothing - there are no options available," said Napier's Quality Inn manager Trish Miles.
"I've called just about every hotel and motel ... when everyone's busy, everyone's busy."
She compared the influx of guests at the 60-room hotel to the weekend of the Mission concert.
"Last year wasn't like this, it was very ho-hum.
"It might be the weather; it's so spectacular that Aucklanders want to cash in on it."
The petrol crisis hit the hotel hard in the pocket: "So we really need this."
Rodney Green, owner of Napier's Bluewater Hotel and Motel units and Hastings' Apple Inn, said both properties were "very very full".
"Labour weekend's traditionally always a very busy weekend. People are always late to book and we're always full."
The 38-room Shoreline Motel in Napier was booked out Saturday through Monday and Scenic Circle Te Pania would be full on Saturday.
A spokesperson for Hastings' Top 10 Holiday Park said its units would be full for the weekend and about 100 of its 160 powered and non-powered camping sites were taken. The wineries were also preparing for a bumper weekend, and hoping for fine weather to allow them to take advantage of outdoor dining space.
Te Awa general manager Simon Ward said the restaurant was busy for lunch tomorrow and almost full for Saturday dinner, when songstress Anika Moa would be playing. "It's the first major weekend of the summer season for us. A reasonable amount of outside visitors gives us that spike in numbers through the restaurant."
It was the same case for Mission Estate, who were expecting up to 120 people for lunch tomorrow and Saturday.
Napier i-site manager Caroline Neville said it was a busy weekend with the Hawke's Bay Show and various sporting events attracting visitors.
"Pockets" of accommodation were still available in the city due to cancellations.
"But people might not get their first choice," she said. As hotels were heading into the summer season, room rates would be at a premium but the rates were not prohibitive, she said.
Metservice weather ambassador Bob McDavitt said the weather would be temperamental for the long weekend - typical for the time of year.
He advised all people planning outdoor activities to get them done on Saturday or Sunday, because the weather would take a turn for the worse on Monday.
Norwesters were expected tomorrow and Saturday, with the hottest day on Sunday - getting up to 26deg.
A front would then come over Hawke's Bay late on Sunday, with a southerly change on Monday bringing wind and rain.
"We're asking people going into the bush to monitor the process of the low as it develops," Mr McDavitt said.