Photo of bellringers in action

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers was formed in 1962 to promote the art of change ringing in our two countries. There are currently around 400 members who ring at more than 70 bell towers throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Non-ringers might like this introduction to bellringing.

Ringers and potential ringers can contact our association's office bearers or local towers and ringers.


Updated: 27 April, 2025

Yass rings out for Easter Sunday 2025 new

Yass had its first post-COVID service ring with three new and one returning ringer joining two Goulburn ringers on Easter Sunday.

Reverend Luke Collings, of St Clement's, writes: I want to give my personal thanks to you all for your wonderful ringing on Sunday morning. I had several people comment to me how delightful it was to have ringing for this special day in our church life. I will be putting up some of the pictures up on our social media and website this week. We look forward to other occasions for the bells to be rung and hopefully we can entice more people from the Yass community to join up with the team.

Ringers at Yass, Easter 2025
The Rector and Ringers at Yass, Easter 2025

Christopher O'Mahony

ANZAB 2025 Festival and AGM

ANZAB 2025 logo

Follow this link to performances rung during the ANZAB 2025 Festival.

At the Annual General Meeting in Goulburn on ANZAC Day, all agenda items on notice passed with minor modifications. Thomas Perrins and Kellie Hajek resigned as Directors and their respective and sustained contributions to ANZAB were acknowledged by acclamation. Julie Taylor (WA) and Jacqui Hoole (NZ) were elected as Directors in their place. All other officers of ANZAB were re-elected.

Bellringing Hymns new

screengrab includes VE-day bell logo


The ANZAB page with bellringing hymns, and links to hymns, found here, includes a new hymn, the first verse of which is shown left.

The words are by Clare Le Marie nee Masefield. Clare was in Australia and New Zealand for 18 months around 1965-66. She rang in all the major cities but her work was mostly based in Sydney where she remembers ringing at St Mary's Cathedral with Tom Goodyer.

Although written for the 80th anniversary of VE-Day you may find it suitable for ANZAC Day.

ANZAB Webmasters
15 April 2025

New Tower Maintenance Page

a broken slider in three parts


Information on tower maintenance, previously scattered across our website, now has a home. All information and links have been collected together in the new Tower Maintenance page.

As shown in the screen grab below, you can find the new page via Information > Useful Links.

screengrab to show navigation to maintenance page


The page includes a new section on replacing sliders from Richard Offen, the ANZAB Towers and Bells Advisory Panel Coordinator. This was particularly useful to St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne recently with damage caused by a clapper falling out (see top photo).

The page links to updated information about importing bellropes and there is a section answering the frequently asked question of which wood to use for stays.

ANZAB Webmasters
9 April 2025

ANZAB CPR Training and First Aid Assistance

ANZAB offers funding to all towers for ringers to train in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid, to a maximum of two ANZAB members per tower. Each tower is also being offered a free poster providing details of CPR.

Read more about the Assistance scheme, and how to apply, by following this link.

as shown on BellBoard

see other performance links on the
Peals & Quarters page

Updated: 26 April, 2025

Maitland. St Paul's
Ringing for Heritage Festival, 15 June.

Updated: 28 April, 2025

2025

10 May
Claremont. WAANZAB AGM.
Contact:

30 May - 1 June
Victoria. Advanced Ringing Workshop.
Register here
Contact:

30 May - 1 June
Perth. Advanced Ringing Workshop.
Contact:

6-9 June
Adelaide. ANZAB 12 Bell Weekend.
Register here
Contact:

Facebook - follow ANZAB on Facebook

email - looktoanzab

latest first

2025

Yass rings out for Easter Sunday 2025 - 23 April

Bellringing Hymns - 15 April

New Tower Maintenance Page - 9 April

Training at Bundaberg - 30 March

TC Alfred Damage at Lismore - 17 March

ASCY Visit - A Local's Experience - 7 March

Air Conditioning in Darwin - 4 March

Latest issue:
vol.79, no.2, Autumn 2025

Ringing Towers cover

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Deadline for next issue:
30 June 2025.
Early submissions appreciated,
and essential for longer articles.

New Zealand: DST ceased on 6 April 2025 (UTC +12 hours).

New South Wales, A.C.T., Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: DST ceased on 6 April 2025 (UTC +10 hours, South Australia UTC +9.5 hours).

Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory: No DST.