Sounds like a lot for a beginner with a short time to prepare. Im assuming you are in excellent physical conditjon as well.

I practice ulralight hiking, using light equipment and careful selection of everything packed to keep the load to an absolute minimum. It is possible to have a kit that is 3kg excluding food, water, and fuel. My typical weekend kit is about 10kg with everything. Ryan Jordan's book is very good: https://www.amazon.com/Lightweight-Backpacking-Camping-Ryan-Jordan-ebook/dp/B004SOYVMC

You can learn more at http://backpackinglight.com. The forums there would be helpful.

The Mountaineers is a US based organization. There must be some Australian outdoor organizations with classes too. My concern is that you have so many skills to aquire in a few months: navigation, first aid, gear selection and use, back country cooking and food selction, shelter and site selection, clothing layering techniques, insect and wild animal protection, etc. Get busy!

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