Police appeal to dad Greg Hutchings over missing girl Eeva Dorendahl POLICE and SES will scour dams and waterways today as they continue a frantic hunt for missing four-year-old Queensland girl Eeva Dorendahl and her 35-year-old father Greg Hutchings. More than a dozen SES workers assisted police on Monday, the third day of the search, scouring dense scrub and the beaches around Pottsville in northern NSW. Eeva's mother Michelle Dorendahl was to collect her daughter from her former partner in Pottsville on Saturday but he did not show up. Police were last night calling on Mr Hutchings to reassure them that his daughter was safe, saying they had "grave concerns" about her welfare. "The first thing I'd like is for him to contact the nearest police station so that Eeva can actually be sighted by police and we can ensure that she is safe and well," Inspector Greg Jago said. There were concerns yesterday that he had taken her into scrubland, and that he may not have had enough water to keep his young charge hydrated amid scorching temperatures. "She's a four-year-old child, it's a very hot day and . . . she's been away from home for a number of days," Insp Jago said. Greg Hutchings, 35, and his four-year-old daughter Eeva Dorendahl were last seen on Pottsville Rd about 12.30pm on Saturday. But police also said the father and daughter had previously enjoyed walks together in bushland and he was last spotted, shortly after midday on Saturday, wearing a black backpack. Eeva had spent the past two weeks with her father. It is understood Ms Dorendahl and Mr Hutchings have been separated for some time and have previously passed Eeva between them without major incident. Mr Hutchings usually brings Eeva back to her home at Kin Kin on the Sunshine Coast, but the couple this time arranged to meet in Pottsville, where he has lived for a number of years. Ms Dorendahl made a missing persons report when he failed to show up. Police have tried to locate Mr Hutchings via his phone and have also worked to determine whether he used a bus or plane to leave with Eeva. Police and SES search bush near Pottsville on Monday. It is believed he did not have access to a car. Tweed and Byron Bay police inspector Darren Steel said authorities maintained hope that both Eeva and her father were safe and well but said the police Marine Area Command would begin the arduous task of searching canals and rivers in the area the pair was last seen. Ms Dorendahl settled in Kin Kin in 2013 and is well known in the creative community there.