Large Mud-Nest Wasp

Thank you all for your comments & help with the ID. Thanks Sarahaw1981 for your suggestion, it was the same as what I thought, though they're all so similar, it's confusing! Thanks :)

Great shot!

This is the page I used to ID your wasp:
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...

Nice pic. I have a spotting of a slightly different potter wasp here:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/815...

Leanne, I think what you have here is one of the Australian Potter Wasps in the genus Abispa. I've not been able to narrow it down any further than that, but look at this page and the conversation at the bottom of the page: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/02/15/u... . Cool wasp! Nice photo!