Hi Muz. Welcome to IIS and good to see another Adelaidian. Where abouts in Adelaide you situated? We are pretty fortunate to have relatively darkish skies here in Adelaide.
How long you have you had an interest in astronomy? If you're pretty new, it will probably be a good idea to worry about visual astronomy rather than astrophotography. The pics shown on this site come from pretty experienced astrophotographers. It really is an art...and generally an expensive one at that! However, if you are keen, webcams are very useful astrophotography instruments. There are plenty of articles on the web to aid you with this
