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Welcome aboard.
Listen to the advice regarding scopes. Being "impatient" to get a telescope and buying something like the Celestron First Scope will just cost you more money in the long run as the inevitable upgrade will come too soon.
Buy a book like "Heavens Above - A Binocular Guide to the Southern Skies by Robert Bee" - ($24 at Bintel, but will probably be available at an astro-shop in Adelaide) will help you learn the sky with the binoculars you have already and save up for a "decent" scope. Don't be frightened of buying second hand - but being in a club will help you get advice from the older and wiser to make sure you don't get ripped off. The entry level scopes don't hold their value so well, so you might pick up a bargain from someone who discovers Astronomy isn't for them.
Remember that a surprising number of "professional astronomers" don't know their way around the night sky. Some time spent now learning the basics will help you down the track.
Just my 2 cents worth,
David T
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