Cream Puff Corner: Bachelor’s banter

Australian humour is characterised by its dry wit, irreverence, self-deprecating nature and often features colourful slang, playful mockery, and a tendency to not take oneself too seriously.

This sign, on the corner of Upper Yorke Road and Wokurna Roads in the Upper Yorke Peninsular is typical of that Aussie tradition of ‘taking the piss’.

I stumbled upon it when travelling from Kadina to Port Broughton recently and not believing my eyes, had to double back for another look. Later, when I returned home I tried to find some more information about these two fellows but without much success. This seems to be the sum of their legacy.

If you are passing this way, stop, smile and imagine living is this small single-roomed stone building with only the most basic of amenities and your best mate.

CREAM PUFF CORNER

Two returned servicemen, Cedric Witty and David Richards set up a carrying business at this location in 1946. When local folk asked the boys how they managed “batching”, the answer was always the same. “Real good, living like lords, we knock up a batch of cream puffs every Sunday morning.” From then on they were always asked “How’s the cream puffs going?” “Real good,” they’d answer, “but we only manage them on Sundays.” When asked the whereabouts of their bachelor cottage, they’d laconically answer, “Cream Puff Corner of course!”

Getting there:

• From Kadina: 9 min (13.1 km) via Upper Yorke Rd
• From Port Broughton: 31 min (42 km) via Port Broughton Rd and Spencer Highway/B89