Thread: Ngaruroro river crossable at Kiwi Mouth & Rocks Ahead?

Hi all,
I'm planning a trip in the Kawekas later this year and have a rough route sorted, but I'm wondering about if the dog will handle the swingbridges and cableway. Is the river likely to be crossable in early summer at Kiwi mouth hut and Rocks Ahead hut?
Some of the YouTube videos I've seen it looks pretty good, but I don't want to get there and find I can't get the dog across. I'll be solo (apart from the dog) so won't be doing anything too risky.
Alternative options are do some more work on the dog's stay and release, and get her to swim across after I've crossed on the swingbrige/cableway, get her some practice on swingbridges, or hope someone else is handy to hold her or wind the cableway handle.

Years back we tried to get some dogs across a swingbridge and one jumped off the small bluff, narrowly missing landing on the rocks in the river.
We then tried it with a horse, thankfully it's feet went through the netting at the very start of the bridge before while there was still ground below it, so we were able to abort that dumb idea!