near the island of São Jorge, while fishing spearfishing with his cousin. What was unusual, however, was the fact that this bottle had a message inside, written in orange marker on an index card.

No one has to be stranded on a figurative island blowing smoke signals ... can only communicate to him through a sort of message in a bottle. The bottle in this case is an electronic widget.

Bronx Hamilton, Marc Tate, Hugo Graham and Sebby Tate found a message in a bottle at Newry Island near Urunga on the Coffs Coast. Picture: Janine Watson. They took it back to Marc and Sebby’s ...