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I would also suggest that you buy yourself a good book on astronomy, like "Atlas of the Southern Night Sky", by Steve Massey and Steve Quirk, and use that to get to know the constellations and where they are in the sky. Just go out in the evening and look for the patterns of the easiest to see constellations and get to know them. That way you'll get an idea of what you can find, and then go onto the harder to find constellations.
You'll be surprised to find that you can see some nebulae and a few galaxies with your unaided eyes...like the Orion Nebula and the LMC, etc.
You can then apply what you know to using your scope, if you have one.
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