Palm Walk years old, although scientific research has shown that the trees could live as much as five hundred years. As such, the university has drawn up plans to replace the palms with Date palms of an unknown cultivar, in the coming years. These trees would not only provide more shade than the current trees, but they would also allow for harvestable dates, which could then be sold locally. While there is no timeline on replacement of current palms, it is expected that it would be done in the coming decade. Originally, there was no official name for the Palm Walk, as
Superb fruit dove a resident bird; in more marginal or seasonal habitats such as those in Australia, flocks are known to move about according to the availability of food (Frith "et al." 1976). The superb fruit dove feeds primarily upon fruits and berries. In the Port Moresby area, the bulk of its diet was found to consist of figs, notably "Ficus albipila" and "Ficus benjamina", "Canarium australianum" drupes, and "Archontophoenix", "Calamus" and "Livistona" palm fruit. Also frequently eaten were the fruits of various cinnamon trees, "Litsea", "Neolitsea" and "Cryptocarya". Less important food were fruits of Ylang-ylang ("Cananga odorata"), "Syzygium", and "Vitex cofassus". They