The 47-year-old appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court on Monday after he was charged with breaching bail and contravening an intervention order.

The court heard on December 8 last year, the order was made with the man's three children listed as protected persons.

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The man was not allowed to contact the children or be within five metres of them.

The court heard on March 22, the man's daughter left her accommodation and went to his house.

Police alleged he called her a "dumb c***" and slapped her on the upper thigh, causing her pain.

A couple of days later, the girl went with a group of friends to the car park in central Bendigo.

The man was already there when he allegedly went to his daughter and punched her in the upper right thigh.

The court heard the girl fled to the Bendigo Marketplace because she knew her father was not allowed to enter the centre.

Police alleged on March 30, a support worker saw the girl hugging the man through his open car window.

On April 24, another worker allegedly saw the girl sitting with her father outside of his home.

The man was arrested on April 27 and eventually bailed from the Bendigo Magistrates' Court.

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Police alleged on May 4, a support worker saw the man sitting with his daughter on the front porch of his property.

The court heard the man attended the Bendigo Police Station on May 7 and provided his mobile phone to police. There were allegedly several messages between the man and girl.

During his police interview, the man told officers he was aware of the intervention order's conditions.

The court heard he told police he was remorseful, that the breaches "weren't deliberate", but that he would also "continue to see (his) kids".

The man, who represented himself in court, said he only told police he would keep seeing his daughter after his arrest in April.

The man said that had changed and he no longer wanted to keep breaching the order.

The accused told the magistrate he was working full time, getting help for his mental health, and was willing to live in Castlemaine if that helped alleviate the prosecution's concerns.

But Magistrate Patrick Southey said there was "overwhelming" evidence that the man had breached the order.

Mr Southey said the man had been "dumb" to contact his daughter "in broad daylight".

"You're your own worst enemy," he said. "You have blown the lifeline I gave you."

Mr Southey refused the man's bail application, saying he was an unacceptable risk of reoffending.

The man was remanded in custody and is due to return to court next week.

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