the venue was to capacity when I spoke to him
As long as you get there early you should be right.
This was the layout proposed last week:
Only parking area 1 was filled and some people were only there for a half hour or so; it was packed at 8.30am but you could've got a spot in area 1 if you arrived at 9am. There was also room in front of area 1, where the green A9X lookalike is parked.
Not sure what is going on but the whole foreshore; parking area 2; was filled with regular cars. I suspect regular folk get there early, park and do the bay run but I didn't notice any leaving; maybe they get a spot early and spend the morning at the park, etc.
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