09 Wednesday Aug 2017
Posted in Friendship, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, News
Another fascinating and mysterious message in a bottle has been discovered on Australia’s west coast! The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Michael Thompson discovered a 35 year old message in a bottle on a remote beach in northwest Australia around Mundabullangana Station.
Look at this thing!
35 year old message in a bottle recently discovered by Michael Thompson. Photo: Michelle Stanley / ABC.net
08 Monday May 2017
Posted in Friendship, history, Joke, message in a bottle
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Australia, Chad Parker, CSR Earthworks, Inspiration, message in a bottle, News, Queensland, Toowoomba
When you hear message in a bottle, I bet you think ocean. I know I do. After all, the most famous message in a bottle stories revolve around the sea… But every know and then, a truly incredible message in a bottle turns up on dry land.
A&M Records cover for The Police’s single, Message in a Bottle.
17 Monday Apr 2017
Posted in archives of the sea, Flaschenpost, history, message in a bottle, Mystery Message
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1915, Australia, Christmas, Maud Butler, message in a bottle, New South Wales, Portland Bay, Private R. Lock, SS Suevic, Ted Blakey, Warrnambool, World War One, WWI
On New Year’s Day, 1916, three messages in bottles washed ashore right beside each other near Portland Bay, Victoria, Australia. Three! All three were written by Australian soldiers from New South Wales, sailing on their way to WWI. Some of them mentioned a curious story about a young woman–a stowaway. it would later be learned that this was Maud Butler, a country girl who tried to sneak into the Great War.
The incident, including the story of how one bottle was forwarded to the mother of the writer, was shared by the Koroit Sentinel and Tower Hill Advocate on January 22nd, 1916.
The whole thing is crazy! Can you imagine finding three messages in bottles washed Continue reading
18 Saturday Mar 2017
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In its early days, Australia had two main newspapers. One was The Argus. On Friday, July 9th, 1909, The Argus told of a castaway message in a bottle found in Singapore. It was signed by two men, Palmerston and Flenn, who asked the finder to send help, as they were “lost in one of the New Guinea islands”.
The brief message simply read: Continue reading