Lin, have you got Stellarium?
A great piece of free astronomy software - after you download, pop in the you lat/long and it will show you what is in the sky at the moment.
You might see a bright star above you at home, you can then check on Stellarium (easy to use) to discover it is Saturn!!
Also, grab a copy from newsagent of Australian Sky & Telescope - if you cme to Donnignton, I will give you last months as I bought 2 for some reason!!
Do you know some of the stars and constellations?
www.stellarium.org