Nearly all Australians have been accounted for after the deadly Nepal earthquake, as they prepare to make the journey home.
There may be some who are still there, but Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australia's crisis response team has been able to locate "virtually all Australians".
The embassy compound in Kathmandu has been turned into a makeshift campground for stranded Australians.
Those staying in the grounds received a briefing by the ambassador on Thursday morning, with another held for all Australians wanting to be flown to Bangkok.
Two Australian aircraft carrying aid to Nepal are expected to land in the earthquake-ravaged country around 4pm Nepal time.
The two RAAF C-17A Globemaster aircraft, which left Amberley air base in Queensland on Wednesday, will then ferry the Australians to the Thai capital.
Getting home from there will be up to them.
Given weather and heavy congestion at Tribhuvan International Airport, which has only nine parking spots for aircraft, their departure from Kathmandu might not be until later in the evening.
World Vison CEO Tim Costello, who is in Nepal handing out tarpaulins in the town of Gorkha, says foreigners are being prioritised over aid.
The World Vision plane has been unable to land.
"There's a bottleneck at the airport with foreign nationals getting out and foreign governments' first priority is them," he told AAP from Gorkha, near the epicentre of the earthquake.
"Certainly helicopters have been diverted to foreigners at Everest and around that area."
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