a message in a bottle tossed into the sea by a four - year - old girl in england has been found 9 , 000 km offshore in southern europe . alesha johnson put the bottle into the ocean at morecambe park , cumbria last january , enclose her heysham address , and a image of herself . the note read : " if you want this message , i write back . " this week , she received a visit from a 10 - year - old from sydney , who said he had found the bottle in a local boatyard . doreen jackson , the administrator of the orphanage alesha takes in heysham , told : " we were all very excited when the one from australia arrived addressed to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.