Tim Robards reveals the sweet gift the Neighbours cast sent for his daughter

The Bachelor’s Tim Robards and Anna Heinrich welcomed their first child, a girl named Elle, earlier this month.

And on Tuesday, the 37-year-old actor showed off the ‘cute’ gift the couple received from the cast of Neighbours to celebrate Elle’s arrival on November 14.

Tim, who until recently played Pierce Greyson on the long-running soap, announced the present in a post shared to Instagram Stories.

‘Right, so I got this from the team at Neighbours. Thanks, guys!’ Tim said, as he took a large teddy bear out of an oversized gift box.

‘Got a nice little teddy bear and then this is really cute – see this is like a bunch of flowers but it’s all socks and wraps and all that kind of stuff. Thanks so much, guys.’

Tim quit Neighbours in September so he could return to Sydney for his daughter’s birth.

‘I made the gut-wrenching decision to depart Neighbours early as my responsibilities as a husband and father have to take precedence,’ he said in August.

‘If I’ve learnt anything in this pandemic it’s that the health and wellbeing of my family has to come first.’ 

Tim had joined the cast of Neighbours in July 2018, and his filming requirements forced him and Bondi-based lawyer Anna into a long-distance relationship.

For two years, he spent his weeks in Melbourne and returned to Sydney on weekends to be with his wife. 

However, coronavirus travel restrictions made this commute impossible and he found himself with no choice but to move back to NSW permanently.

Pierce was recast for the character’s final scenes, with lookalike actor Don Hany, 44, stepping in to replace Tim.