Australian connections to Nepal quake

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