a message in a vial thrown into the sea by a four - weeks - old baby in england has been finding 9 , 000 leagues ahead in western sydney . alesha wells threw the bottle into the water at morecambe head , lancashire last july , enclose her heysham entry , and a picture of herself . the note included : " if you understand this envelope , you write back . " this month , she received a letter from a 10 - year - older from perth , who said he had lost the bottle in a local boatyard . doreen johnson , the manager of the nursery alesha attends in heysham , said : " we were all very excited and the letter from america arrived addressed to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.