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Thank you very much Skani, for taking your time to clear my doubts. I guess once we get the confirmation from UTAS i will be posting again with some more questions. In the mean time i will be wondering the forum to learn as much as we can from Aussie culture . Thanks all for caring .

thanks skani, you may not believe me, but you helped me a lot. Just yesterday i was swearing about the speed bumps that we have over here, even in hi speed main roads, and i was surfing a lot lately with google earth street view over Australia, specially tasmania/Launceston, and i noticed, better said, i didn´t noticed any speed bumps, and we were wondering with my wife, do they exist at all over there ? here, ppl don´t respect speed limits, so instead of enforcing to respect it, they lay down dozens of speed bumps, in some cases you can find up to 5 speed bumps per block (100 meters). Another thing that has us wondering, is about the neighborhoods, i have read in a th. in this forum, that Ravenswood was not a nice place, due to the amount of crime..., is this true ? is it that bad ?

Hi all, thanks for your replies, info and suggestions. I allready know that to do most of professional work i will need a certification, i will stick to the work i can do with out certification, at least at first, maybe if things go well i will take courses and get certified, but in the mean time i would like to make some money to help with the expenses we will have, i have properties back here in Argentina and they give us a monthly rent but i cant rely 100% on that thanks to our third country minded goverment and population (right now we are unable to buy dollars for example, we can only use dollars with a credit card and the goverment charges you a 15% tax that you never get back ...) i´m counting with about 2 k AUD per month for sure, and maybe 3 k with some luck, that plus some work i can do i think we will be ok, but the main question is, will i have work About the repair shop, now i can almost discard it thanks to your info skani , but maybe i can still fix some things like lawn movers, etc ... but not opening a shop On the other hand, i know a handyman makes most small building work, we build slightly different right here but im used to work with wood, bricks, cement, and steel, right now im finishing building 3 departments to rent them. So my main fear is that my profession is in no need, or that i will enter an over crowded profession. what can you tell me guys ? its easy to find someone to fix your things at home ? i have read a handyman charges between 20 and 50 dollars per hour, depending on the work, is this true ? Thanks all in advance, sorry for the long post and crappy english ,

Hello. My name is Juan (john), Im from Argentina, and we are planning on moving to Launceston this July, or maybe next January. My wife (Roxanne) is going to study Architecture in UTAS, for at leas 3 years, after that maybe 2 years more for the master, we will see when the moment comes. My main profession is Handyman, i can fix almost anything, yes, including spaceships (?) , what i need to know, is: do i have any chance to survive in Launceston ? how much a handyman charges ?, are they needed ?, etc etc. I was planning to maybe open a repair shop, to fix home appliances to, do Tassies, or better said, Aussies repair their home appliances or just buy new ones ? If anyone could help me to clear these doubts in my mind, i would be very grateful. Sorry for my crappy english, and thanks in advance.