{"id":901,"date":"2018-01-08T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=901"},"modified":"2018-01-08T16:06:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T06:06:08","slug":"tips-for-beach-camping-with-adventure-kings-big-daddy-double-swag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/tips-for-beach-camping-with-adventure-kings-big-daddy-double-swag\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for beach camping with Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s nothing better in an Australian summer than camping at the beach, and the best way to enjoy a great night&#8217;s sleep is with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a>. I&#8217;ve spent plenty of nights listening to the sound of the waves on the sand in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a>, and I&#8217;m going to share a few tips with you to make the most of this great Australian tradition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make a windbreak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best place to set up your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a> at the beach, is with something between you and the wind. If you&#8217;re on the main part of the beach, park your 4WD side on to the breeze, and unroll your swag in the lee side, so the 4WD stops the wind hitting your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re camped in the dunes, you can do the same thing, your 4WD makes a perfect windbreak in this situation too.<\/p>\n<p>The other option is to set up an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/awnings.html\">Adventure Kings Awning Wall<\/a> off your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/awnings.html\">Adventure Kings Awning<\/a>, and this will keep your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a> protected from the wind, even if it changes direction during the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep the sand out of your swag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way I&#8217;ve found to keep the sand out of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a> is using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/camping-gear\/adventure-kings-mesh-flooring-3m-x-3m.html\">Kings Mesh Floor<\/a>, and roll out your swag on top of it. I took mine to Stradbroke Island, and my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a> had almost no sand in it, even after 5 nights camped on the beach!<\/p>\n<p>The sand falls through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/camping-gear\/adventure-kings-mesh-flooring-3m-x-3m.html\">Kings mesh floor<\/a>, meaning you&#8217;ve got a sand free space around your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags.html\">swag<\/a>, where you can brush the sand off your feet before getting into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags.html\">bed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you swap out your quilts and sheets for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/adventure-kings-hooded-sleeping-bag-2-celsius-right-zipper.html\">Adventure Kings Sleeping Bag<\/a>, you can zip it up in the morning, and unzip it at night, meaning any sand that might sneak into your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a> during the day, doesn&#8217;t make it inside your bed. Less sand in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags.html\">bed<\/a> makes for a better nights sleep!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flat ground and a comfortable mattress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just like no-one wants to sleep on a lumpy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/adventure-kings-self-inflating-foam-mattress-queen.html\">mattress<\/a>, lumpy ground can easily be smoothed out at the beach to give you a comfy night&#8217;s sleep in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;ve picked your perfect spot, parked up the 4WD between you and the breeze, and rolled out your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/awnings.html\">Adventure Kings awning<\/a> to keep the sun off, spend a couple of minutes to smooth any lumps, dips or ruts with your foot. Once it&#8217;s flat, roll out your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/camping-gear\/adventure-kings-mesh-flooring-3m-x-3m.html\">Kings mesh floor<\/a>, then set up your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To really sleep in the lap of luxury, you can swap the mattress that comes with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a> for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/adventure-kings-self-inflating-foam-mattress-queen.html\">Adventure Kings Self Inflating Foam Mattress<\/a>, and enjoy a better nights sleep than in your own bed at home.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re using a single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags.html\">swag<\/a>, you can also choose to set up on top of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/adventure-kings-stretcher.html\">Adventure Kings Sumo Stretcher<\/a>, which will keep you up off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Now you&#8217;re all set up and ready to enjoy a great weekend of fun at the beach with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/products\/swags\/double-swag-big-daddy-canvas-50mm-mattress-adventure-kings.html\">Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s nothing better in an Australian summer than camping at the beach, and the best way to enjoy a great night&#8217;s sleep is with the Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag. I&#8217;ve spent plenty of nights listening to the sound of the waves on the sand in my Adventure Kings Big Daddy Double Swag, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123456,"featured_media":902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":903,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}