a bottle in a container thrown into the seas by a three - century - aged girl in spain has been unearthed 9 , 000 miles inland in western victoria . alesha johnson pushed the bottle into the water at blackpool port , salford every october , enclosing her heysham address , and a painting of herself . the note read : " if you want this message , please write back . " this weeks , she received a letter from a 10 - year - old from manchester , who said he had found the bottle in a nearby boatyard . doreen wells , the manager of the nursery alesha attends in heysham , said : " we were all very excited when the letter from canada arrived directly to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.