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The Great Toad Muster 2009:
September 12th until October 12th

Newsletter Winter 2009
Muster 2009 information evening, spot the van

In conjunction with Wicked Campers, Stop the Toad Foundation is running a ‘SPOT THE TOAD VAN’ competition to win 7 days free camper-van hire.

To show their support of the cause, Wicked campers has designed a Stop the Toad camper van which can be hired out across Australia and encourages travelers to ‘spread love, not cane toads’ and to ‘save our aussie icons’.

From June-September 2009, anyone who spots the toad van can submit a photo of the van with a natural aussie icon, such as Ayers Rock, Purnululu National Park or a tropical Queensland beach. The best photo will win 7 days free hire from Wicked Camper Vans.

Wicked Campers has also offered to give those travelers attending this year’s Muster a discounted hire rate. For more information, please contact Wicked Campers on www.wickedcampers.com.au or 1800 24 68 69.

HOW DO I ENTER?

1. First you need to spot the Toad Van.

2. Kindly ask the Wicked traveler if you can take a photo of it with a natural Aussie Icon.

3. Email photo to kim@stopthetoad.org.au

4. Wait and see if you won! Winners announced September 1st 2009.

Toads close to the WA border 

Cane toads have changed the biological landscape of Qld, Northern NSW and the NT in disastrous and irreversible ways. And now they are on Western Australia's doorstep.

Ecologists warn that, unless stopped, cane toads will colonise Perth. They may even infest areas as far south as Margaret River and Esperance.

Hear the cane toad call (mp3)

More on how cane toads threaten WA's environments and economy ...

Can they be stopped?

The bad news is that cane toads are approaching the WA border. The red line indicates the likely ‘current front line’ for toads, although it is hard to know for certain due to the inaccessibility of some areas in the Northern Territory.

The good news is that we can, and we are, doing something about this threat and that many people are ready to fight to keep WA cane toad free.

WA is the first state to seriously attempt to prevent a cane toad invasion. The time to act is now and we are calling on everyone to help.

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What is being done?

It is shaping up to be a landmark campaign ... people vs. toads ... and in preparation we’re seeing unprecedented levels of cooperation, across state borders and between Government agencies and community groups. The WA Government has committed $12 million to the battle so far. The Federal Government has committed almost $1 million and has just announced that a further $2 million will be allocated to the fight against Cane Toads in the 2008/2009 Commonwealth budget. DEC has begun a major community awareness campaign and runs an on-ground trapping and monitoring program from Kununurra.

STTF's fencing strategy in action

Also out of Kununurra, ‘toadbuster’ volunteers go out most weekends to trap, hand collect, and monitor toads.

The Stop the Toad Foundation fosters a strategic, integrated, whole-of-community approach and offers direct support to groups and individuals undertaking on-ground activities. It conducts its own on-ground operations, and endeavours to fill gaps left by other groups. See THE GREAT TOAD MUSTER

As a result, tens of thousands of westward heading toads are no more!

What you can do to help .

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