I use the same scope (different mount) for all my observing, great scope IMO. Very portable, negligible cool-down times, forgiving on collimation etc. However I see you're based in Sydney so if you have light-polluted skies you might need to seek out dark skies away from suburbia. With light skies it'll still be good on planets, Moon, bright star clusters, but not so good on fainter stuff such as nebulae & distant galaxies. In dark skies there's a smorgasbord of things you'll be able to see! But stick to low powers only (say, 20mm eyepiece) on deep sky stuff. At $85 you can't go wrong.
PS: Steffen is right about the EQ mount, it can be a pain with visual observing, especially for novices. But nothing that can't be put up with!
Cheers -