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That's a type of Huntsman Spider. (Araneae Heteropodidae) We get them over here. They bite, but are basically harmless. The one in the pics is one of the biggest I've seen (the biggest was just over 230mm legspan). Typically an outdoors spider, they move FAST to catch their prey, they don't build webs for prey.
Not to be confused with the slightly smaller (but just as fast) Wolf spider, whose legs point almost straight out.
Interesting things I know about huntsmans:
1/ If you shine a torch on them they're eyes (8 off) reflect silver.
2/ Their feet "click" when a big one walks across a stainless steel kitchen sink
3/ Knowing stuff about them doesn't make me any less shit-scared of them.
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