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At my workplace you can't book leave more than 18 months in advance. If you have a specific date you want you can miss out 17 months in advance. You can generally get weekend shifts fairly easily because people want to work for the penalty rates, and if you can generally find a day or two available a few months out as long as you don't want it to be any specific date. If you need a specific day off you often need to arrange to swap a shift with someone else because getting leave is unlikely.