Dittmer is a small village located a short drive from Proserpine (and the Whitsundays Airport) - in an environmentally significant and sensitive region of the Whitsundays Hinterland.

 

Dittmer lies within both the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and Proserpine catchments.

This location is a relatively untouched paradise, meandering along with a pristine creek system that is crucial to the people and the wildlife and waterways that connect it with the

Great Barrier Reef River Catchments. 

 

This creek system is connected to underwater aquifers that offer all round water supplies to the critically endangered animals that rely on this habitat for their surival.

 

The location is prone to flooding and the wet season sees enormous influxes of rain and water run off which further amplifies the risks of mining activities in the area.

 

Dittmer is the head water to the Great Barrier Reef River catchments and remains a relatively unseen local town due to it's state forest location with little tourist attractions and with few who know about it's beauty besides the local residents who have settled in the area.

 

Any contamination or pollution of the creek system here could endanger the GBR's health and threaten water quality across the Whitsundays Region, increasing the potential for contamination and long-term ecological damage.