Coody in Dwarswegstrand, Great Brak River — December 2025

Two weeks at Dwarswegstrand, right on the coast near Great Brak River, in the Coody Familia — and this family of four is already saying it wasn't enough. Give them another three months out here and they'd have taken it. Nothing came close to how the tent made the whole trip feel like home.

Right on the Beach

This wasn't a campsite with a distant sea view — it was a campsite on the beach. Unzip the door and the ocean was right there.

View from inside the Coody Familia tent at Dwarswegstrand, looking out through the mesh doorway straight onto the beach and ocean — The view from bed. No game drive required for this one.

Set Up and Settled In

Paved stand, ocean on one side, the Familia fully open on the other. Two weeks was plenty of time to properly move in.

Coody Familia tent set up at Dwarswegstrand campsite

Coody Familia tent with mesh screens down, living area visible inside

Coody Familia tent alongside the washing line, ocean in the background

Coody Familia tent on a sunny day at Dwarswegstrand

Coody Familia tent on an overcast day at Dwarswegstrand

Built Like the Coast Means It

Sea air, salt, wind off the point — none of it bothered the Familia. The details held up as well as the big picture did.

View from inside the Coody Familia tent looking out onto the campsite and ocean

Close-up of the Coody Familia inflatable beam with the ocean behind

Close-up detail of the Coody Familia inflatable beam and seam

Coody branding on the tent awning with the ocean visible behind

Coody branding on the tent roof against a clear blue sky

Upgrading the Beds

Partway through the trip, the family moved their Coody King airbed and a Queen airbed into one room of the tent, freeing up the rest of the floor for the kids to play. The queen wasn't a Coody yet at the time of this trip — but they've since upgraded it too, because as they put it, nothing comes close to a Coody inflatable mattress. Nothing.

Coody King airbed and Queen airbed set up inside the Familia tent at Dwarswegstrand — King and Queen airbeds moved into one room. Once you've slept on a Coody mattress, nothing else compares.

Evenings on the Point

Sunsets over the water, the tent lit up after dark — the kind of evenings that make you forget you're only halfway through the trip.

Coody Familia tent at dusk with ground lights glowing

Sunset glow over the ocean beside the Coody Familia tent

Coody Familia tent lit up at night with the table set inside

Coody Familia tent lit up at night, table and chairs set inside

When the Weather Turned

Not every night at Dwarswegstrand was calm. The wind picked up hard off the point and the sky went from clear to heavy in no time — this is what that looked like from camp.

The wind got hectic that night — camp lights on, storm rolling in off the sea.

Through all of it, the Familia stayed put — lit up, dry, and steady.