Two weeks ago the first phase of the Monash node of the NeCTAR RC (Research Cloud) went live to public (yes, this post is late!). If you're a RC user you can now select the "monash" _c__ell _when launching instances. If you're not already using the RC then what are you waiting for?! Get to http://www.nectar.org.au/research-cloud and spin up your first server.