Paris attacks: Everyday Aussies caught up in terror

NEWCASTLE: A shaken Newcastle musician Ben Gumbleton has been able to escape France after being locked in a concert building just one kilometre from the horrific scenes at Bataclan theatre where 89 people were slaughtered. Read on

ULLADULLA: Kate Douglass says she is frightened for the future of Paris, but she is not scared for her life following a series of horrific terrorist attacks in the city. Read on

WAGGA: The streets of Paris were far from the usual hustle and bustle of the cosmopolitan capital of France following the country’s worst terror attacks, according to a Wagga resident caught in the middle of the chaos. Read about Tolsa Harrison and Tahlia Keogh's experience

WARRNAMBOOL: A dream European holiday took a tragic turn for Emily King and Jarryd Lewis who were locked down in Paris after terrorists targeted the French capital. Read about their experience here

LAUNCESTON: City Council alderman Karina Stojansek had just returned to her apartment in Paris on Friday night when she heard the sirens start. Her children, she said, had been terrified during the attacks. More

WAGGA: Three junior rugby league players from Southcity Bulls managed to escape Paris the day before co-ordinated terror attacks rocked the French capital. Read their story

BOWRAL: Rebecca Cribbin and her children have been confirmed safe following this weekend's terror attacks in France. Read on

ORANGE: Flora Mortimer’s family had an anxious wait to find out if her Paris-based brother Jorddan Amaroui was safe in the wake of the terrorist attack that’s shocked the world. Read more

WARRNAMBOOL: One-time Parisian and Warrnambool City councillor Kylie Gaston has expressed her horror following the attacks on the French capital at the weekend. Read on

DUBBO: Patricia Strahorn, who moved to Australia from France 26 years ago, watched in "disbelief" and sorrow the events happening in the capital city of her homeland on Saturday. Read more

REDLAND: A former Redland City doctor has told of his anxious wait over the weekend to hear if his family in France was safe after a series of attacks and shootings left 132 dead. Dr Peter Debuse, who used to live at Redland Bay, told how his 18-year-old granddaughter played a role guiding people to safe houses after the attacks on Paris early Saturday. Read on