Lonely Planet Guide
Tramping in New Zealand was to be a new experience - There's such great demand for The Milford and Routeburn that we had to book all huts, boats, buses and ferries before we set foot in New Zealand. AND, we needed to carry food and sleeping bags for each of the Routeburn and Milford Track hut walks. That boosted my pack weight to almost 10kg and Ian's to 12kg - our 40 litre Mac Pacs would be stretched to the limit.