If you are out in the early evening; the Pleiades in the low West, would be a good start. Then the red stars of Aldebaran in Taurus and Betelgeuse in Orion, then up to the large nebulae in Orion's Belt and Sword (M42).
As above check out the sights in the southern cross. Before you go out tonight search for the locations of these star clusters on the way to Eta Carina:
NGC 3766
IC 2602 "southern Pleiades" (need low mag eyepiece)
NGC 3532 like coins in a "Wishing Well"
Then Eta Carina and surrounds...
The star cluster NGC 2516 which the "false cross" conveniently points to is also really nice.
From here the fainter constellation of Volans has two cool double stars. Gamma Volantis's partner is of slightly lower mag, whereas neighbouring Zeta Volantis has a significantly dimmer (10th mag) companion, so this will be a good test of your dark adaption
Now that your all dark adapted and focus averted keep going to the LMC's Tarantula Nebula.
Have Fun.
If you go looking at Jupiter again, Io will be Occulted a bit after 22:30 EST and will reappear from its shadow at about 1:30 EST.
Paul.
btw - I'm just a beginner, so if I got anything wrong in that description I hope someone corrects me