DOUBLE DUTY

GUESTS CAN ENJOY THEIR FILL OF COSY HOSPITALITY AND MEANDERING GARDENS AT NEIGHBOURING HOMESTEADS IN LONGFORD, TASMANIA.

WORDS JESSICA BELLEF

Danish folk have a wonderful term for the feeling of cosy comfort and soul-nourishing moments shared with loved ones. Known as ‘hygge’, this sense of the good life can be found at Cressy House Estate, a sheep and crop farm in Longford, Tasmania, not far from Launceston on the traditional lands of the Panninher people. Home to Henry and Margit Smith and their three sons, Noah, 13, Oscar, 11, and Edward, eight, the 1170-hectare property has been in Henry’s family for generations. His great-great-grandfather first leased the paddocks and Cressy House homestead in 1884, and then his great-grandfather purchased it all for £12,000 in 1914. Henry, 39, has followed in their footsteps and now runs the large-scale operation. Meanwhile, Margit, 40, grew up on a farm in a Danish town…

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