Many locals expressed their views on Facebook recently, with one former local, Dave Baird, at the helm.

Mr Baird said the council needed to mow and whippersnip more often, and that there should be a bin for rubbish, and a tank of water for fresh flowers and to wash down gravestones, if need be.

But a council spokesperson says all cemeteries in the shire are "maintained to the highest possible standard within the available budget and resources as set by council, in consultation with the community".

"Council does not have any water infrastructure in the township of Carroll," they said.

"The installation of bins is a possibility, but the initial and ongoing associated costs will need to be considered in consultation with the community and subject to budget allocations.

"The grounds were due to be maintained at around the same time that council received the enquiry from [Mr Baird] and this maintenance has now been undertaken."

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But Mr Baird, who now lives in Port Macquarie, said it was "disrespectful" that thousands of dollars was spent on upgrading the Carroll sportsground, and not on the cemetery.

"People say it's a whinge, but it's not a lot we're asking," he told the NVI.

"I know it's only a little village but my wife has all her family there, and my brother-in-law has terminal cancer and wants to be buried out there with his family."

Other locals agreed with him.

"It is an historical cemetery ... I would like to think that it will be preserved for all the generations to come," Cheryl Bilsborough wrote.

"I presented a letter to the council about Carroll Cemetery and to no avail ... I asked for bins to be supplied, some nice beautification such as some nice hedging, some nice new gates [and] running water."

Heather Pasterski said on Mother's Day this year she had to cut dead grass off graves to put flowers on them.

"I have had to pull catheads off a grave that had just about covered it. I did report it once before and showed photos but nothing changed so I gave up," she wrote.

The council spokesperson said that anyone with suggestions should make a submission to the Open Space Strategy consultation (which is now open) and the future Community Strategic Plan consultation.

"These strategies set the priorities on a local government area wide basis for the allocation of council's limited funding and resources," they said.