Ross McLeod believes he has Australia's biggest collection of bells. The retired stockman has gathered more than 1,000 bells across 60 years.

From tram bells and Tibetan bells to bull bells and boxing bells; Ross McLeod's collection is made up of every kind imaginable.

His obsession began in 1954 while working as a jackaroo at a remote station at Isisford in Western Queensland.

The most extensive part of the collection is made up of livestock bells, known as the Condamine bells, originally made by Samuel Jones from his blacksmith's store at Condamine in the 1860s.

Today his collection is on display at a gardening centre in the tiny town of Lawrence on the NSW north coast.