Spider

This is the Garden Orb Weaving Spider. This one just spun a web on the back verandah. Here's some sites with some information about Orb weaving spiders.

http://www.amonline.net.au/factSheets/orb_weaving_spiders.htm

http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=79

http://www.mdavid.com.au/spiders/orbweavers.html

http://www.geocities.com/pchew_brisbane/Garden_sp.htm

The site above has some interesting details about web building