Luke.
G'day.
The Brisbane City Council library has a number of copies of the book,“Star Watch: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Finding, Observing, and Learning about Over 125 Celestial Objects” by Philip S Harrington.
This is a wonderful book to get you into learning to star-hop. The stars and objects of each season are presented in 6 or 7 charts with clear instructions on how to hop your way to the target object.
Here is a link to the book on Philip Harrington’s website. You can see examples of the information in each chapter and the Sky-Charts at
http://www.philharrington.net/swtch.htm
The BCC eLibrary catalogue link is at
https://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.../261730107/123
I have always found the best deal on this book to be at The Book Depository.
http://www.bookdepository.com/Star-W.../9780471418047 Currently AUD $25.22 with free delivery.
Once you realize that YOU CAN find objects – well the sky is the limit.
Cheers.