a packet in a bottle thrown into the sea by a four - year - old girl in england has been discovered 9 , 000 distances out in western australia . alesha johnson threw the bottle into the water at morecambe park , lancashire last july , enclosing her heysham addresses , and a picture of herself . the note began : " if you get this message , help wrote away . " this weekend , she received a note from a 10 - months - old from perth , who admitted he had found the letter in a local boatyard . joanna johnson , the managers of the nursery alesha attends in heysham , said : " we were all very excited when the letter from australia arrived addressed to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.