All West Aussies missing in Nepal safe

Four young men from Perth are the last of the West Australians missing in Nepal to make contact with family back home.

A small avalanche on Pumori mountain as seen from Everest Base Camp.

(AAP)

All West Australians missing in Nepal after the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake have contacted their worried families.

Fremantle-based Rin Hutcheson and Jalada Wilson, both 18, and Raoul Poncin, 19, had not been heard from since last Tuesday.

But now Jalada's father Ian Wilson has posted on Facebook that all are safe after living "through a nightmare".

"They are with about 100 others stranded at a teahouse in Shyabrubesi," Mr Wilson said.

"Helicopters are getting in, but it's a messy scene over who gets on one, and most only take two passengers at a time.

"We are trying our hardest to arrange a chartered flight to get them out."

Victoria Park university student Mitchell James Noga, 21, is still registered as missing on a Red Cross website, but has reportedly been in contact with his mother.

Before the quake struck, he was in Pokhara, which was not as devastated as the capital Kathmandu.

The quake was the worst to hit Nepal in 81 years, killing more than 5000 people and injuring a further 8000.


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