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Argiope keyserlingi
This is definitely a St Andrews Cross spider... very common on the east coast.
I notice it has two raidals coming from the web centre - sometimes they have 4.
Looks like it is from the Orb-weaver spider family. I have a picture of a similar spider. Go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaver_...