a message in a bottle thrown into the sea by a four - year - old girl in england has been uncovered 9 , 000 leagues away in southwest australia . alesha miller hurled the bottle into the wave at stockport bay , lancashire before july , enclosing her heysham address , and a picture of herself . the note read : " if you get this message , please write home . " this week , she received a letter from a 10 - season - old from perth , who said he had seen the bottle in a local boatyard . doreen smith , the managers of the nursery alesha conducts in heysham , said : " we were all very thrilled how the letter from australia arrived addressed to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.