Program Launch!

Minister Peter Garrett gets to hold a little Corroboree Frog, with Taronga Zoo's Michael McFadden helping out.

A Corroboree Frog going for a crawl at the launch.

The Corroboree Frog Conservation Program was launched in Albury on the 1st of May with the help of Minister for Peter Garrett. The launch was held at Wonga Wetlands, against a backdrop of croaking frogs in the wetlands.

The launch saw the first viewing of the television advertisement, currently showing on Southern Cross Ten, as well as the chance to see the website which went live that same morning.

Minister Garrett was impressed with all the work that has gone into the program by all the project partners and sponsors.

"To see this type of work happening on the ground is very inspiring to me and I really do want to applaud your very good work," he said.

"I was so taken by the enthusiasm, and to be in a position to have a campaign that reaches out to Australians and shows how they can provide assistance and support to preserve and enhance the survivability of this icon species is inspiring."

Everyone had the chance to get up-close and personal with the stars of the show – Corroboree frogs from the captive breeding program at Taronga Zoo. Michael McFadden, Herpetofauna Keeper at Taronga Zoo, made the trip down from Sydney with the little frogs. The frogs were housed in their own specially-designed tanks filled with sphagnum moss and kept cool, just the way they like it.

Click here to read Minister Garrett's media release