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I lived for a while on Cape York Peninsula. Up there they are called "Bird Spiders". They string their giant webs between trees to catch their prey.
In the morning it is wise to take a stick with you to break the webs because you don't want to walk face first into one. It's almost like walking into a tramoline, you bounce into it. They don't break too easy.
The web is covered with yellow sticky goo, similar in looks and texture to honey, which traps small birds and large insects onto the web. The goo sticks to your hair and clothes and there is copious amounts of it.
Definitely not an experience you want to do twice.
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