In early December I went for a conference for 3 days in a town called Bendigo about 160 km north of Melbourne. There wasn't much time outside the conference to do touristy things, but thankfully I managed to use the very limited time after the conference on the first day for a quick stroll in town. 12月初我去了墨爾本以北約160公里的市鎮（套用國內用語可算是維多利亞州二線城市）本迪戈Bendigo三天出席學術會議，來也匆匆，去也匆匆，會議以外觀光的時間不多，幸好酒店（沒入住主辦單位安排的酒店，到入住時才知道是汽車旅館）位處市中心，趁第一天開會後有空趕快逛一逛。 It helps that the motel where I stayed was centrally located. I started my quick tour from the Queen Elizabeth Oval directly opposite to my motel. The large block letters on the gate felt somewhat poignant in the year of the Queen's death. 旅館對面正好是伊利莎伯女皇運動場，適逢今年女皇駕崩，見到閘門上的大字，不免令人有點懷緬之意。 The oval was next to the arts precinct of Bendigo, and since the venues were already closed in the evening, I was left to view the architecture of and artwork near those buildings. 球場毗鄰市內的藝術區，由於已是黃昏休館時間，所以只可望望各館的建築和附近的藝術裝置。