As Ron says above, "yes" and "yes". I was out observing from about 12:30-2am Saturday morning at the Coldstream airfield east of Melbourne. I looked at many of the same targets you did although I couldn't write such a nice observing report. The Beehive looked very pretty in both the 10x50 and 15x50IS binoculars I was using. While I was observing I noticed a few meteors including one bright (at least zero mag) Geminid that left a trail I could see with my binoculars for 20-30 seconds.
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