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Mate, I am absolutely no expert, in fact I have a lot to learn, however a couple of things that I did learn early on are:
1. Get your finder scope aligned during the daylight and make sure you don't move it before your evening observing session.
2. Don't use the Barlow too soon i.e. use your largest mm eyepiece and via the finder scope then the large EP you should be easily able to locate Jupiter, it's really big over Sydney these days.
After you get used to the scope and you are on a target, you can go down in mm size eyepieces and then throw the Barlow on to see increasingly more detail in the object of your choice.
Other things to consider is finding the South Celestial Pole (CSP), Collimation and having your gear on fairly level ground.
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