Python hunting Possum

Coastal Carpet Python actively hunting a Common Ringtail Possum. Long story short - I was pulling dead fronds out from deep within a golden palm when I saw the snake's tail right in front of me, no more than 30 cms from my face (last photo). Had this been the sharp end, she probably would have bitten me on the face - a sobering thought. I didn't get to see her full length at any one time, but if girth is any indication, I reckon she was about 2 metres long. I've seen enough pythons to be able to make a fair guess. The possum, a fully-grown adult male, I had spotted only a week ago, so I went looking for him knowing the python was moving towards his last known sleeping location. Being nocturnal, possums sleep during the day, but he was already awake and had moved out onto a branch. The python had also spotted him and was moving in for the kill, starting to assume the "strike" posture, and I estimate the possum was no more than a metre from the python before it fled. The later moved further up into the canopy, accompanied by many squawking noisy miner birds. I don't know the current whereabouts of the possum. Needless to say, it was stressful to watch!