ROSE City residents have growing concerns overgrown grass and "dilapidated areas" are major eyesores for tourists coming into town.   

Avid volunteer Graham Buchner can be seen mowing regularly the roadsides along the highway near the Caltex petrol station at Sladevale.   

Mr Buchner said while happy to do his bit, he was disappointed Southern Downs Regional Council had not responded to his request to mow a patch further into Warwick.   

"I started asking the council in December if they could mow the section of Alexandra Dr near Enchanted Gardens," he said.   

"The council don't appear to be mowing as often as they normally do and, if we had had more rain, there would be grass everywhere.   

"I would ask everyone to maintain their own footpaths so council can get on and do mowing where it's no one's responsibility to anyone other than the council.

"I don't like to whinge, I usually just get on and do it, but that one there is like they're laughing at what I do."   

Mr Buchner said while the section of Alexandra Dr was a main concern for him, other parts of town could use some attention.  

Daily News readers shared their thoughts on what more could be done to help the appearance of the town. 

Danielle Moore said the entirety of the town needed to be looked after.

"Our roads are a disgrace and need to be fixed," she said

"The whole damn town needs attention not just the roads into it." 

"The rest of the town could certainly do with a bit of a spouse up," Sue Woodrow said.

"We all need to take pride in where we live."   

Other residents were concerned by the impression overgrown grass and "delapidated" areas are leaving on visitors.

In a post in one local Facebook group, Jo Townsend shared her thoughts on the issue, writing that tourists were being turned off by the untidy appearance of the town.

"I had friends come down from Gympie for the weekend," she wrote.

"They come down the back way through Toowoomba, and they asked what happened to Warwick.

"They have their own business and it's a trade that Warwick could use but their first impression of the town was enough to make them have second

"Does the council not care because that's what it looks like? Pretty sad if that's the impression Warwick gives out."

Other users agreed that businesses around Warwick suffer if the lack of maintenance detracted enough from Warwick's appeal. 

Joe Lintas wrote he agreed the council may have dropped the ball, but they weren't the only ones. 

"Look at a lot of the business as you drive through town," he wrote. 

"There are plenty of residents who could pick up their act as well." 

Another user commented the blame didn't lie squarely on the council. 

"If everyone puts in the effort on their front step first it would improve things a bit," she wrote. 

"Yes council plays a bill role in public places, but we are talking about all over appearance and everyone needs to chip in on that."