A Brisbane amphibian fan says he is disappointed that his bid to design the mascot for the 2032 Olympic Games to be hosted in the Queensland capital has been rejected.

Fergus Snerd (main picture) said he recently auditioned his outsized cane toad mascot at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium which has been designated as the venue for the event’s opening and closing ceremonies.

“It’s very disappointing that my mascot, which I named Warty, was knocked back by the local Games organising committee at last week’s auditions,” Mr Snerd said.

“I have always loved cane toads since I was a kid and was also inspired by Matilda the giant red kangaroo that was the mascot for the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games.

“For 2032 I envisaged a huge cane toad  hopping around the track at the opening and closing ceremonies, spawning hundreds of tadpoles just like the dozens of joeys that jumped out of Matilda’s pouch.

“I think it would have brought back many, many fond memories of the 1982 Games which everyone in Brisbane still recalls with great affection – except the bits with Rolf Harris.”

Mr Snerd said the Games officials told him at the auditions that his outsized and mobile Warty was not an acceptable mascot because the cane toad was not native to Australia.

“Of course technically that’s correct but they first arrived here in Queensland almost a century ago and I think they’ve been here long enough to be regarded as locals, or at least locals who enjoy taking long trips interstate and staying there,” he said.

Mr Snerd said he gleaned no inside information at the auditions about the identity of the possible successful applicant for the 2032 mascot’s role.

“If I had to take a stab I’d say it’ll come down to either Barry the Bin Chicken or Aussie the Saltwater Mozzie. Or maybe both.

“Having two mascots has been done before, I mean the London Games in 2012 had Fish and Chips from memory,” he said.

Mr Snerd also said he still hoped that cane toads would play a role in the 2032 Games.

“I am very optimistic that the organisers will take up my suggestion to include a very specific form of golf in the list of official sports for the 2032 Games,” he said.

“It’s all pretty hush-hush at the moment but I can say some members of the International Olympic Committee are quite taken with my idea for a sport that would test participants’ skills in both golf and running as they chase the, shall we say, ‘live’ ball,” he said.

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