There are calls for a tradie who ran from Cottesloe Beach in Perth to Bondi Beach in Sydney, and raised more than $1.8 million dollars in the process, to be nominated for Australian of the Year.

Nominations for 2023 have already closed, but a petition to reopen them for Nedd Brockmann, 23, has already been signed by more than 2000 people.

Mr Brockmann completed his cross-country run in 47 days, raising a staggering sum for We Are Mobilise — a homelessness charity —but his mammoth journey wasn’t without injury. One particular incident left him questioning every decision he’d made up to that point.

Press PLAY below to hear the moment that left Nedd questioning “all his life choices”

“My toenail popped up and at some point a fly flew in, and yeah, it’s obviously laid eggs,” he told Neil Mitchell.

“It was pretty confronting.

“I questioned all my life choices at that moment.”

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(Image: Nedd Brockmann/Instagram)