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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Tracey Croke

He was taking the ocean’s temperature at 4am when he found a message in a bottle

Known as ‘The Temperature Guy’, Guy Dunstan wakes every morning at 4am to check the water temperature at Manly beach.
Known as ‘The Temperature Guy’, Guy Dunstan wakes every morning at 4am to check the water temperature at Manly beach. Photograph: Matthew Smeal/The Guardian

“In this bottle is a small part of our parents,” the message in the bottle began. “If you find this bottle washed up somewhere … please feel free to set it off once again on its journey.”

The letter was written by two loving sons of a seafaring couple whose last wish was for their ashes to be mixed so they could go on their final farewell together. Kevin and Nigel Graham gave their parents a fitting bon voyage by launching several bottles from locations around the world where their parents had lived at various times.

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