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With more than 5.2 million visitors a year, it was important to protect and maintain the park for future visitors.
The proposed conservation strategies include vegetation and fauna management plans, partnerships with the indigenous community and research into the park's pre-colonial landscape. Other aspects considered include the park's geology, Aboriginal heritage, landscaping, and its value as a venue for sports, art, commemorations, and defence uses.
Although the plan recognises increased traffic and car parking was damaging trees, the park's roads are listed as significant items.
Weed was threatening some native species in parts of the parklands and many plants were "in decline". The fig trees around Grand Drive, the palm avenues and indigenous species planted in the 1960s were struggling, the report said.
A low-maintenance regime is allowing self-sown species to squeeze out some woodland plantings, the report warned.
The plan suggests replacing trees, new plantings which preserve views and landscapes, balancing nature and the park's infrastructure, and minimising the harm of sports and recreation on the environment.
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