Popular personality Hamish Blake was awarded Australian Father of the Year 2023 for his genuine dedication to fatherhood, emphasizing quality time and engagement.
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00:00 Receiving Father of the Year is a huge honour, but I feel like I have to say right up front,
00:06 it is not a pop and champagne corks award.
00:11 It's not something that, you know, I wasn't in a race to be named the Father of the Year.
00:15 I think what it more accurately is, is a chance to simply for a moment be a little beacon,
00:21 a spokesperson for all dads to talk about the things that we all know in our hearts
00:26 are the essence of being a dad, of being a father, and for me personally, that's, I would
00:32 say it's the unconditional love side of things, it's the adventurous spirit side of things,
00:38 and really it's the presence, and more than presence, just all the millions of little
00:44 things we can do for our kids as dads that simply say to our kids that you matter, that
00:50 you matter.
00:51 I think that's to me the essence of great fathering, and that's something I'm working
00:57 on all the time, but if I can bring a little light to that or help us all in the busyness
01:02 of life to remember that and refocus on it a couple of times a day, then that's a good
01:07 thing.
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