Hi Sounder,
to the forum!
How did you hear about us?
Congrats on ordering a great workhorse scope. Nice and portable, and still ample aperture to take in the delights above.
So jealous of your ceduna location.. Unfortunately I wasn't into astronomy during the eclipse so it didn't cross my mind to travel down there. A friend from work went, and the photos he came back with were stunning. It certainly put a seed in my mind, and I don't plan on missing the next local eclipse!
As for software, the others have said it all already. Get yourself a planisphere as the #1 priority, they're only $20. A star atlas or some sort of star-chart book with a thorough view of each constellation and the objects to see in it, would be my next buy. I can recommend the
Collins one, it's quite easy to use and not expensive. If you want to spend a little more or get a more advanced one, get one with bigger pages that fold out flat. The only problem with the Collins is that the book always wants to close itself, which is annoying when you want to put it down to look through the eyepiece.
For software, as Mick said, CDC is a good start (it's free). There are more easy-to-use ones like StarryNight, but of course they come at a cost. You can download a trial edition (called the DigitalDownload) to test it out, from
http://www.starrynight.com
Good luck with your new scope and I can't wait to read your first light report from those dark skies.
Hope to see you back regularly!