A DAYLESFORD family feared harmed in the massive earthquake in Nepal over the weekend has made contact with their relatives in Australia.
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Jen Comber and her daughters Neve and Rani spoke with Kate Good, Mrs Comber’s sister-in-law, on Monday.
“Just spoke to Jen and the girls. They are alive and well,” Ms Good said.
“We are all so happy.”
The trekking company that organised their trip in the Tsum had earlier confirmed their location and good health, Ms Good said.
“We have had a couple of emails from the trekking company stating they are alive and well,” she said.
The Comber family, which also includes Ms Comber’s husband Francis, was not located for two days after Saturday’s earthquake.
Family members in Australia were gravely concerned because they were close to the epicentre.
Earlier on Monday, Mrs Comber’s father Howard Brownscombe told Fairfax Media the family would likely continue on their holiday, heading next to India.
They have been travelling since February 2014, flying to Asia after driving up the east coast of Australia.
Uncertainty remains over the state of the roads in the region, because it was near the centre of the earthquake.
Routes further from the centre have been totally destroyed so the effect could be worse in the Tsum Valley.
The Courier content director Eugene Duffy has also been confirmed safe.
His trekking company has said the team made contact and would head back to Pokhara until flights can be organised.
alex.hamer@fairfaxmedia.com.au
