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Dee777 Melbourne, Australia Apr 19, 2011

Location Melbourne
Size of the body without legs: 3 cm

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LadyAshleyR Oakland, MD Apr 19, 2011

I don't know anything about australian spiders, but I know its an orbweaver of some type.
Google image search this:
Eriophora transmarina

It's the best I could come up with, and some of the results match. Whether there is variation in the species, or its a case of misidentification on someone's part I don't know. =)
Garden Orbweaver Spider.

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Dee777 Melbourne, Australia Apr 19, 2011

... This spider was sitting on a house wall hidden under a panel and no web in sight...

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Apr 19, 2011

I think this is Araneus fuliginatus: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4979/
It is indeed an orb-weaver. Some of the orb-weavers build their webs at dusk and then dismantle them at dawn, so you only find their webs in the dark,

Ken

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