Kill a Toad Day
It's Queensland's own version of Clean Up Australia Day - except much more unpleasant and a whole lot wartier.
Nationals MP Shane Knuth wants to hold a day dedicated to ridding the Sunshine State of public enemy number one, the cane toad.
Millions of Queenslanders would be asked to roll up their sleeves to remove the warty pests from their backyards and beyond during the proposed "Toad Day Out".
"Basically we need ... a special day that Queenslanders, especially children, could all play their part, very similar to Clean Up Australia (Day)," the Charters Towers MP said.
Participants would be encouraged to put the toads in their fridge before euthanasing them in the freezer. They would then be disposed of at a specially set up centre.
Mr Knuth, who last year proposed a 40-cent-per-toad bounty, said both state and federal governments had to seriously consider such a payment as part of any toad hunt.
"I would like the opportunity to present this to (Prime Minister) Kevin Rudd," Mr Knuth said.
"This is not pie in the sky stuff. This is reality."
Mr Knuth admitted to "belting toads with whatever I could get my hands on" in the past, but said cricket bats and golf clubs would not be allowed.
If you want to know more about cane toads, you could do a lot worse than watching
Mark Lewis' documentary film "The Unnatural History of the Cane Toad".
