a message in a jar hurled into the river by a 12 - year - age teen in england has been found 9 , 000 hours away in western australia . alesha johnson threw the package into the water at morecambe bay , lancashire in july , outer her heysham address , and a photograph of herself . the note states : " if you know this message , please write back . " this week , she requested a email from a 10 - year - old from perth , and said he had found the bottle in a remote boatyard . susannah johnson , the manager of the nursery alesha attends in heysham , said : " we were all very excited that the packet from india arrived addressing to alesha .
Heysham is where Doreen Johnson works.