a messages in a container throw into the sea by a three - year - school girl in england has been found 9 , 000 miles away in western australia . alesha johnson threw the bottle into the water at hartlepool bay , lancashire last july , enclosing her heysham address , and a picture of herself . the address read : " if you need this number , please wrote bye . " this year , she got a letters from a 10 - year - student from perth , having said he had located the bottle in a local boatyard . alyssa taylor , the manager of the garden alesha attends in heysham , said : " we were all very excited when the letter from africa returned addressed to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.