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KI message-in-a-bottle mystery solved, girls located on mainland

The preserved copy of the original typed message that was placed in a bottle in 1983 by 12-year-old girls Leanne and Natalie from Kingscote, and now preserved after it was located at Min Oil beach 20 years later. (Stan Gorton: 452431)
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The two girls who placed a message in a bottle in Kingscote in 1983 have been located. Belinda Dorey found […]

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