a message in a bottle thrust into the sea by a four - year - old girl in england has been unearthed 9 , 000 miles away in southwestern australia . alesha miller put the packet into the water at accrington harbor , somerset during summer , enclosing her heysham address , and a poster of herself . the document read : " if you receive this note , simply write off . " this week , she receipt a notice from a 10 - a - old from perth , who said he had found the book in a local boatyard . doreen johnson , the manager of the gymnasium alesha runs in heysham , said : " we were all very excited when the letter from australia approached addressed to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.