Yeah looks like a golden orb weaver spider. The first time I had ever seen them was about 12 years ago. I was out on a site inspection on a bushy vacant block of land that was proposed for subdivision at Saratoga. After wandering through the bush I felt I had wandered into a labrynth of webs of about 6 of the suckers without knowing about it.
. It was quite an effort to work my way out of them short of getting a big stick!. From that day on I just called them Sataroga Bandy Bandy's because of where I first saw them and because of the bands on their legs.
There was a news article a few months back of one in Atherton - North QLD (where they grow a lot bigger than here) that has a bird caught in its web and was having a feast! Here's teh link for those who haven't seen it.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001021,00.html