I was driving through Western Australia today, and noticed that the grasslands there look like the African savannah.

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I was thinking, that the endangered rhino's and elephants, girrafes, ect would be more than happy here. Nobody would hunt them either, there would be no market for them here. If they were given a few thousand acres to roam around in, and maybe let some of the less territorial ones, like giraffes and gazelles, to roam free in the countryside.

The bull elephants and rhinos would probably be best kept away from people and cars and trucks though, in fenced parks.

For starters, it would be great for tourism here, to have safari tours and stuff, without the threat of being eaten by lions and shot at by poachers. It would be a safe place for them too, there's plenty of room here for them, and it would help bring them back from possible extinction.

Plus, it would look really cool!

Already exists in South Australia at Monarto, just outside of Adelaide.

Animals run freerange (even lions and stuff) with safari tours run from old busses

Sean

im sure it wont work for the central australia regions - theyre drier than africa and the grasses grow slower and wont be able grow enough food. plus, a population boom in afican animals might take the grass away from kangaroos

Now that people are taking this thread seriously, I feel I need to point out that Australia already has over half a million feral camels. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species_in_Australia#Feral_animals_.28int roduced_species.29)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_feral_camel)

OP, there is a book named Feral Future by Australian botanist Tim Low which is highly recommended reading on this subject. Also his book The New Nature is worth reading.

Also read about rabbits, cane toads, prickly pear cactus and bitou bush in Australia. (wikipedia)

There have been hundreds of introduced exotic species into Australia that have been economically and ecologically devastating.

Yea dude it's generally not a good idea to introduce new species into an ecosystem because you can get an invasive species.
There are three things that could happen
One the offchance that it will behave the way you predicted

Two it could just be killed by biotic or abiotic factors

Three it could takeoff taking habitat from native species and reproducing without any control because it has no natural predators.

Cool Idea :) but a bad reaction

You can't put a ferrel animal into Austalia dude. It fucks up the eco system and shit. Im going to school with a guy from australia and he talks about alot of animals that other people brough over time it is fucking up natural animals.