From Evernote:

Tasmania Diary

23.7 kg for Darrens pack 16 odd for Rachel. Dry weight, no fuel or water.

Six am Saturday morning and the rain is pouring down. Buckets of water slap down from the patio above.

On of the reasons for doing the South Coast Track late in the season was to give La Nina a chance to fizzle out. That hadnt worked out for Australia in general and in Sydney the rain had come down hard all night. Sydney is a long way from Tasmania; maybe we'll be alright.

We are also overweight by about 14 kg. $10 per kg is the way that normally works out. This is our longest ever walk between food drops; 7 days straight so we have over 40 kg of gear. A lot of that is food and booze; about 12 kg of dried food and 3 of wine. We also have a (limited) amount of extra clothing to cope with the increased duration and possible bad weather- a spare pair of underpants and a jumper. I also have too many gadgets with a GPS and an a satellite tracker and a pair of binoculars.

Still, things will get lighter as we travel plus the first couple of days are not hard.