The science communication scene in Australia is a pretty active and well-connected place. There are loads of talented people and lots of groups and organisations doing great work. Well now there's one more. RIAus (Royal Institution, Australia) has been officially launched in Adelaide. The launch ran across 4 days and included presentations by neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield, palaeontologist Natalie Schroeder, and Dr Rob and Julia Cleghorn from Scope. There were Daleks, The Bouncers and Le Benz. There was great live music from Great Big Science Gig and families were kept rocking with Rock Chick and Science Geek. The realy good news is that RIAus has big plans for the future, all over Australia, so I'm looking forward to more great science inspiration, excitement and conversation.