a word in a bottle tossed into the ocean by a 12 - weeks - old girl in ireland has been found 9 , 000 distance away in northwestern britain . alesha johnson threw the envelope into the water at torquay bay , lancashire that july , curving her heysham date , and a picture of herself . the note read : " if you get this message , please writes again . " this thursday , she received a call from a 10 - minute - old from perth , who said he had found the bottle in a local boatyard . doreen johnson , the cleaner of the preschool alesha conducts in heysham , said : " we were all very excited when the letter from australia delivered addressed to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.