AUSTRALIANS IN QUAKE-HIT NEPAL
* TOLL: No reports of Australian deaths as toll passes 2,200
* AUSTRALIANS IN NEPAL: More than 200 confirmed safe; 549 registered travellers in Nepal
* HUMANITARIAN AID: Australia to send $5 million in financial aid and two humanitarian experts so far
* FROM KATHMANDU: "It was absolutely awful ... Rubble came down from the buildings and from the walls around us" - GM of Himalayan Trust NZ Prue Smith
* AFTERMATH: "People are gathered in their thousands in open spaces and are scared" - Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke
* CONDOLENCES: "This is a huge disaster. Our thoughts are with all of those affected" - World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello
* HILLARY CONNECTION: Sir Edmund Hillary's son Peter was trekking on Mt Everest with a group of Kiwis but is safe
* AUSTRALIAN CLIMBERS: Queenslander Alyssa Azar, 18, attempting to become the youngest Australian to climb Everest, is safe
* ACTOR'S MISSING BROTHER: Packed to the Rafters actor Hugh Sheridan pleads for prayers for his younger brother Zachary, 20, who was on Mt Everest
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