Frogs only need to breed successfully one night in their whole lives to pass on their genes, but every single day they must shelter
from the sun and hide from predators. The loss of hollow-bearing trees and logs has had a massive impact on the survival rates of
Australian tree frogs, but there is a remarkably simple way that you can encourage frogs to your garden without the problems
associated with a frog pond- though a frog pond is a big help too! Using lengths of pipe buried upright in the ground (to a depth of
at least 40 cm) and protruding above the surface for at least 40cm will provide frogs the opportunity to shelter from extremes of
temperature and lack of moisture. It is important to ensure that the poles are not closer than 30cm to tree trunks or walls, as
otherwise clawed animals may fall in and be unable to escape. A variety of pipe diameters and colours offers your froggy friends a
range of microhabitats and in my own experience i have seen frogs moving around the yard, finding a different pole from time to
time.
Often different species of frogs will share a frog pole.