Oldest-Known Message In A Bottle Found In Australia
In 1866, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle with a message into waters hundreds of miles off the Australia. It's just been uncovered on Australia's Wedge Island.
In 1866, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle with a message into waters hundreds of miles off the Western coast of Australia.
One hundred and thirty-one years later, a Perth resident stumbled upon the bottle on Australia's Wedge Island.
It's believed to be the oldest-known message in a bottle, in terms of the amount of time that has passed between when it was written, found in Germany in 2015.
