Opusthuncus parcedentatus
Two specimens are shown here. The upper and lower specimen are the same spider.
It was between 15 and 20mm, quite large and although active enough to grab that wasp did little more than move to the back of the leaf when disturbed by my attempts to photograph it.
Both spiders, like all the ones on the site were found at Budgewoi on the Central Coast of NSW Australia.
The top spider appears to have had a territory among the leaves of a large sunlit bush while the middle specimen was vagrant on a garage wall.
There is some doubt as to the species of the spider in the middle image. It was considerable smaller at about 8mm, possibly a juvenile. The difference in color is well within the range for this species however
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Very special thanks to Ron Atkinson for his tireless assistance in getting these creatures identified.
References :
Spiders of Australia , Ed Nieuwenhuys
The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern Queensland