[旅行][美食] 黃金海岸主海灘衝浪+彼得魚店 Surf Lessons @Main Beach＋Peter's Fish Market

黃金海岸離布里斯本車程約1小時左右，而且可以搭火車前往，因此身邊有很多朋友已經拜訪過。有些人很喜歡，也有些人覺得太商業化，但畢竟是個頗富盛名的度假勝地，所以還是找了機會去看看囉～

Gold Coast is about one-hour ride from Brisbane and it can be accessed by train so that many of my friends have visited there before. Some like it, but some reckon it's too commercialised. However, it's still a famous tourist attraction so I finally went there.

在台東衝過浪覺得很有趣，所以想說好好學會，以後去各個海灘就有事可以做啦～（不然我們對曬太陽沒興趣，很無聊欸！）

I've surfed in Taitung and I found it interesting. I really wanted to learn it well so that I can surf when I go to beaches. Btw, Taiwanese don't like to get tanned so sunbathing is not our thing to do at the beach.

經過比價，選擇了Get Wet Surf School的3堂課的套裝行程，學生身份又有更優惠的價格（偷偷說，他根本沒有查我的學生證）。3堂課下來，我覺得有心學衝浪的人可以選擇這個套裝行程。因為第一堂課頂多能引起你對衝浪的興趣，教練會教你先用單腳跪姿再站起來平衡；第二堂課會教你直接站起來，不再倚靠膝蓋來輔助；第三堂課就能學習划水和選浪，以後就可以租設備自己練習衝浪囉！另外，網站上有說如果上完3堂課，可以用更優惠的價格升級成5堂課，所以也許也可以詢問是不是可以上完一次課後升級成3堂課。

After I compared the price between different surf schools, I chose the 3-lesson package of Get Wet Surf school with student discount. After the lessons, I think that it is good to take 3 lessons if you really want to learn how to surf.Here are the reasons:

In the first lesson, you'll learn how to stand up with kneeling on the surfboard with one knee first. The instructor will do the pushing so that you won't have to paddle at the first time. You may know if you're interested in surfing and if you want to learn more or not.
In the second lesson, you'll learn how to stand up directly without kneeling. The instructor will still push you onto the waves.
In the third lesson, you'll learn to paddle and catch the waves. From this moment, practice makes perfect.

Btw, I noticed that it can be upgraded to the 5-lesson package with more favorable price after you take the 3-lesson one based on their website. Therefore, I think it might be possible to upgrade to 3-lesson package after you take one lesson. (Well, you have to check with them then.)

這家衝浪幾乎每天有3個時段：早上8點、10點，和下午1點。我三堂課剛好都不同時段，8點的課太陽不大，但是浪有點大；10點的則是天氣炎熱晴朗，浪卻相對溫和；下午1點的課當天陰天，過不久回家時就下起午後雷陣雨，浪是最小的。

This surf school have three lessons a day at 8 and 10 o'clock in the morning, and 1 o'clock in the afternoon. I took each of them. In my experience, it wasn't very sunny in the one at 8, and the waves were strong. It was very sunny and the temperature was high in the one at 10, and the waves were gentle. It was gloomy in the one at 1 in the afternoon, and it rained heavily afterwards.

課程是用英文教學，但並不會聽不懂，同行的遊客來自世界各地，教練也會反覆讓學生在岸上練習姿勢才會下水。下水後，基本上教練會幫學生推一把，學生只須嘗試站起來平衡就好，大部份的人第一次上課就可以站起來了，所以只上一次課體驗也是很好玩的。

The lessons were taught in English but they're not hard to understand. There were people from all over the world to learn surfing. The instructors would let people practice the posture several times before they went into the water. In the sea, the instructor would push people when the waves were coming so that they only had to try to stand up and find the balance. Almost everyone can stand up successfully during the first lesson so that it is fun to experience even you only take one lesson.

基本上這些活動都會靠幫遊客拍照賺錢，這家是把所有照片（包含別人的ＸＤ）用一個USB給你，要價AU$25，所以同行的人買一組就好。第一天我還遇到一個好心的中國女生她買了照片說可以傳給我，所以可以和其他遊客攀談互相交流也不錯喔！

They take pictures of you during the lesson and you can buy them afterwards. They will give you all the pictures including others' with a USB flash drive for AU$25. Thus you can buy only one set with your companions. I was so lucky that a friendly Chinese girl who bought a set said she could send me the pictures. So if you travel alone, you can make friends with other tourists and share the content :)

我是從布里斯本出發，自行前往集合的停車場，看到衝浪學校的貨車報到就可；其他住黃金海岸附近飯店的遊客可以從飯店搭接駁車前往，交通上沒什麼困難。

Since I travelled from Brisbane, I went straight to the parking lot and meet the others beside the truck with the logo of the surf school. Other tourists who stayed in the hotels around Gold Coast were picked up from their places conveniently.

因為我都當天來回布里斯本，所以只安排學衝浪的行程，沒有力氣去附近其他地方觀光，像是衝浪者天堂，以後有機會再去拜訪囉！但衝浪完真的很餓，沒有規劃的我打開tripadvisor

找到了這家和其他景觀餐廳比下來相對平價，賣炸魚薯條的Peter's Fish Market（並不是魚市，只是一家賣海鮮的店。）

On my day-trip schedule was only surfing. I'll find sometime to visit other attractions such as Surfers Paradise. The other thing I did was to EAT. I didn't have planned beforehand so I used tripadvisor to look for things to eat in the surrounding area. I found a store called Peter's Fish Market where has fish and chips, and the price is affordable.

裡面遊客很多，從牆上菜單點餐後，大家就會等待叫號取餐，可以到戶外的用餐區享用。菜單上基本上就是炸各種海鮮和薯條，也可以從生鮮區買海鮮讓廚房幫你炸。我點的就是上圖坐下角的兒童餐加了一隻蝦，份量就很夠了，所以點其他套餐的話應該可以幾個人一起分享。炸魚薯條應該算是蠻有特色的，吃起來也不錯，很適合嚐鮮。

There were a lot of tourist there who were waiting for their meal after ordering from the menu on the wall. Costumers can also purchase fresh seafood and have it cooked by the kitchen as well. There is dinning areas outside the store. I ordered kids meal which was enough for me. Lol. I think "fish and chips" is worth to try for tourists and it tasted good as well.

最後提醒大家在戶外用餐看到鳥要堅定的把牠趕走，不然就會像剛來澳洲的我被鳥搶走食物，很慘痛的經驗ＱＱ

Last, I really have to remind tourists of birds stealing food from you. I had a really bad experience when I first got here QQ