Dawsey,
Welcome to IIS, your darks skies sound wonderful.
Do yourself a favour and get a few things, if you haven't already:
- A planisphere - the large Chandler one from Bintel is brilliant, this will really help you find your way around the sky
- A pair of 7x50 or 10x50 binoculars to accompany the planisphere
- A red torch (red light that is) to preserve your night vision when observing, you can just put some red cellophane over the front of an ordinary torch in the beginning but make sure its not too bright
- A basic moon guide like "Discover the Moon" again from Bintel
- A copy of "Bright Star Atlas 2000.0" again from Bintel
These will get you up and running very quickly especially when combined with a copy of Aussie Sky and Telescope or Sky and Space when it comes out, both have features to look at in each edition and are great guides.
Of course you don't have to buy the books from
Bintel only I have just quoted them because they have the books listed and available to give you a guide.
Sounds like you have lots of nights coming up out in the hogget paddock with your scope and binos, not sure winter will be so nice there though.
Keep looking up and asking questions.