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Message in a bottle emerges at Navy base

Chloe FraserSound Telegraph
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A 27-year-old message in a bottle has been reunited with its writer after contractors working on a wharf refurbishment project at Garden Island discovered the timeless treasure late last month.

The workers were deconstructing the side of the timber wharf to replace it with steel when they found an old glass bottle with a handwritten note and a 5¢ coin inside.

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