One of the people in the running — literally and figuratively — for this year's Young Australian of the Year award is Nedd Brockmann.

In 2022, Nedd was a 23-year-old sparkie from Forbes who decided to run across the continent to raise money for people experiencing homelessness.

He started in Perth and was greeted by thousands at Bondi Beach 46 days later, having raised over $2 million for homelessness charity We Are Mobilise.

Since then Nedd has pushed himself further, by completing an excruciating 1,609km run in 10 consecutive days, and encourages others to push themselves, and raise money to help end homelessness, through Nedd's Uncomfortable Challenge.

The Australian of the Year awards will be live on ABCTV at 7:30pm AEDT on Sunday January 25.

Guest: Runner, ambassador for people experiencing homelessness, and NSW Young Australian of the year Nominee, Nedd Brockmann.