It should be at least 6X30, and you should not see a lot of excess color around objects in it. Ignore the reply-to address, it is to foil spammers. Two years ago I did much the same thing you did. Then I went about searching on the web to see what I should be able to see and quickly discovered that I should have done some research on telescopes first.
Had I done so, I would've saved my money and bought a 90 mm refractor or 6" reflector instead. But I didn't, so I decided to make the best of what I had. And that being the case, I've had a great time with that little scope over the past 2 years. In fact, I just bough a 90 mm refractor last week that just got first light last night. I feel kind of sentimental about the 60 mm though, and hate to let it go. I've spent literally hundreds of hours under the skies and have seen things I probably shouldn't have been able to see with such a small scope, and definitely wouldn't have if I'd just given up.
Plus, I would recommend upgrading your eyepieces right away. You can get some fairly nice Plossls from www. Don't get tricked into going for high powers - I've gotten the best views at about 60x on most stuff, which would be about a 12mm eyepiece for you.
Maybe spring for a 2x barlow as well to give yourself x. Any higher than that is not usuable in a 70mm scope. And ff you can afford it, pick up a 30mm to give yourself an expansive view of some of the bigger clusters like the Pleides M With such a setup, I've spotted over 20 Messier objects from suburban skies.
You'll see it written that all should be visible in even a small scope, but that's beyond what I've been able to do. But the ones you can see, plus the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter a great sight, you'll see some darker bands , Saturn the best sight in the sky; the rings will be easily visible , plus many other star clusters will be enough to keep you busy for a year or two. You'll easily find the Orion nebula M42 , Andromeda galaxy M31 , Great cluster in Hercules M13 , ring nebula M57 , and some fainter things too if you learn where to look and are patient.
And all of the Messier objects that are open clusters will be easy to see - try the Pleides M45 next fall or early in the am or M7 in Sagittarius tonight for some spectacular sights.
Plus, I assume you're in Australia so you've got the Eta Carinae nebula and the large and small Magellenic clouds to look at which are supposed to be some of the best sights in the sky. Alas, I'll probably never see them Almost all galaxies, nebulas, and globular clusters will be a faint smudge of grey, with little detail. But finding them is the part I enjoy the most. And the planets and open cluster are very pleasing to look at with any size scope. Of course, be prepared once you begin to see some of this stuff to buy a bigger scope, because you will eventually want one.
The difference won't be that much, and depending on what you buy you might even get the better eyepieces included. But if you decide to keep what you have, you can still have a great deal of fun. I think I've become a better observer because I did start out with such a small scope, and I had to work harder at it and learn the sky better to find things. Be persistent and it will pay off in the long run.
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