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Hi Craig, and welcome from Margaret River. Firstly, I suggest that you look up your nearest Society or club, and meet some like minded people.
Secondly, download Stellarium. [free planetarium software]. It's very good and pretty easy to use. Thirdly, get a pair of 7x50 or 10x50
binoculars, if you don't already have any.
With the aid of Stellarium, and any one of many guides to the night sky
that are available, start to learn your way around the main
constellations.
Whilst doing this, try and get along to one or two observing nights
run by your nearest club, in order to familiarise yourself with the
different types of scopes, rather than jumping in and buying a scope which may turn out to be unsuitable for your needs.
Also a great help, and not expensive, is a planisphere. Sky and
Telescope magazine sell them.
Hope this helped. If you're ever down this way, pop in.
raymo
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