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In addition to Orion Neb and 47 Tuc, wonderful objects and great "first lighters":
You might also enjoy sweeping the Milky Way area in Carina. Find the southern cross and go in the direction where the pointers are not i.e. heading towards a very bright star (Canopus).
There are many open clusters including one of the best in the sky. The Eta Carina nebula complex and Eta Carina itself. There are also a number of doubles you might like to look at.
Grab yourself a star atlas and a pair of binoculars as well to help familiarise yourself with things.
I found, when I was starting out many moons ago, that scan the sky with binoculars and then use the telescope to examine the interesting thing I think I saw in the binos. Still find a pair of binos by the telescope to be quite handy to help maintain perspective.
Enjoy!
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