Radio host and TV star Hamish Blake on fitness training, playing golf and his parenting challenges
ABCRadio host, TV star and podcaster Hamish Blake is the brains behind some of the most popular Australian shows. I would say the instinct we have as adults, especially when you've got little kids in that five to 10- zone where they have anxieties and they have fears, or they have worries and uncertainty … our instinct is to rush through things, to be like, "Oh, don't worry about that" because we know, with 35 years of experience, that it's OK. Rather than trying to rush them out of it … I want them to have the memory that when something upset them, they would have a dad that listened and cared. It's like the game has been deliberately invented to addict people because you can't finish it, you can't perfect it. It's a small thing, but I'm still so proud that I … This is back into the classic midlife crisis events, but there's an event in New Zealand called the Coast to Coast, which is a two-day multi-sport race across the South Island of New Zealand. And to me, that had always been one on the list where I'm like, "I don't think I'll ever be able to do that.