Toad audit finds single cane toad

The Advertiser: Toad audit finds single cane toad :

"Hundreds of residents in Darwin and surrounding rural areas searched for cane toads in backyards last night, amid fears growing numbers of the pests may have reached the Northern Territory capital."
The toads are 40 Km south of Darwin and will invade in the next wet season, but the people of Darwin have done well and FrogWatch has done a remarkable job of keeping an eye on the toads and thereby helping the people in Darwin to stay in control. It is 70 years since the cane toads were introduced in Queensland to control sugar cane pests. Great biodiverity decision, that one! Mostly they get it right. The FrgWatch folk have been extremely organisised and , from what we hear on the radio, they seem to have a good sense of humour too. The systematic approach will eradicate them eventually, because a systematic approach is persistent and patient.