| The Richards took over the Taranaki lighthouse in 1976 when previous keeper Charlie Mallowes died from a heart attack. |
| Tom is the lighthouse keeper on a tiny chunk of rock, nearly 100 miles off the Australian coast. |
| And because of dangerous sailing conditions and flat coastline in the region, the construction of a lighthouse was necessary. |
| Boarding up the lighthouse, he moved his family and belongings into a new light station at the bottom of the hill. |
| It replaced a lighthouse that had been built of wood and was washed away by the sea. |
| Each is architecturally different, from a Cape Cod cottage, to an A-frame chateau, to a lighthouse look-alike. |
