A few suitable targets when the full moon washes out the sky:
M42
47 Tuc
NGC 362, a nice little glob only a couple of degrees from 47 tuc
IC 418, small bright planetary in Lepus
Pleiades
NGC 3132 - the 8 burst planetary in Vela
There's several nice open clusters in Puppis all the way down to Crux, including M46/47, NGC 2477 and its neighbour 2451, M41, NGC 3114 and the whole treasure trove around the Eta Carinae Nebula
If you stay out a bit longer, give NGC 3242, the Ghost of Jupiter planetary a crack, it's nice and bright.
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