Not that I'd know from experience or anything...
Okay only Laura will know the story.
The spider that I encountered in Airlie Beach - in a less than ideal situation -
looked almost exactly like this. It was about the size of my hand.
A few people said there aren't tarantulas in Australia, but the internet disagrees!
Anyway I learned a lesson that night about not trusting your surroundings when you are in a country with many venomous creatures...