a envelope in a bottle thrown into the sea by a four - year - old girl in english has been found 9 , 000 miles away in northwestern australia . alesha also tossed the message into the water at morecambe port , lancashire last july , enclosing her heysham address , and a picture of herself . the note read : " if you get this number , please write back . " this friday , she received a letter from a 10 - year - oldest from england , who said he had recovered the bottle in a local boatyard . doreen smith , the director of the nursery alesha serves in heysham , answered : " we were all very excited when the letter from australia was " to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.