Wildlife sightings - spiders, lizards...

Was in Petersham Friday night for some Greek food at Peramas. Came back to the car and saw a huge black spider the size of my palm attached to the passenger side mirror. Then this morning there was a long lizard basking in the sun on the concrete floor of the kitchen. Then went to Piccolo in Balmain for some lunch and sat at a table in the courtyard. Above the next table there was a biggish sized black spider in its web and the the web was bouncing in the wind. A couple of weeks ago, there was a huge huntsman in my letterbox. I put my hand to get the mail and it quickly ran to the other side of the envelope. I saw its claw over the edge and let go of the mail. Maybe it's the time of year or something...