Down onto the braided gravel of the Taramakau riverbed. Plenty of room to pick your own way across the open shingle.

Because it's a braided river, the channels shift and conditions change all the time, so there's no fixed line worth mapping. Read the river carefully before committing to a crossing and have a good look at where you're putting your wheels.

Water levels swing hugely with the weather. One visit there might be next to nothing about, then a big storm fills it up in a hurry. Keep an eye on the weather upstream, because what's happening in the hills feeds straight down here.