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G'day Nick, Hello from down the road! I'm in Latham, how about you?
I agree with Brent, a 15mm GSO Superview is cheap and gives a nice perspective on most globulars, planetaries and small galaxies.
If you like splitting doubles go for Acrux (4" separation) - two bright white stars with a distant 3rd companion at 90", the "foot" end of the Southern Cross. While in the vicinity make sure you check out the Jewel Box cluster near Beta Crucis. Try to find the Saturn Nebula in Aquarius - it's a planetary nebula that will appear as a small grey-greenish oval. Then check out M8 and M20, the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, in Sagittarius, right overhead in the evening now.
Trying your two EPs on this range of objects will give you a sense of what different EPs do, ranging from high magnification to split doubles (you'll want your 10mm for Acrux) to wide field for emission nebulae (M8 may not even fit in the field of view of your 25mm).
Nice clear moonless evenings coming up for us Canberrans!
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