G'day Andrew,
I agree with Alexander, I spent about six months before buying a telescope with my binos. I studied the sky religiously with them and a planisphere, until I read the sky like a road map. This has helped me heaps, learnt where in the constilations certain objects could be found and by the time I got my scope I knew excatly were to go. Like they say ......... Practise makes perfect.
Best of luck in exploring the skyes Alex.
