 Rieff, travelling with a friend, made this journey overland through China to the coast and arrived in Bundeberg in 1919.The friends planned to travel to Western Australia together with camels but they soon decided this would not be possible, due to their inexperience, and his friend decided to return to Russia.Without his friend Rieff explored and prospected his way to Tennant Creek and worked in mines throughout Central Australia including Harts Range Mica Field, the Arltunga Goldfields (now Arltunga Historical Reserve) and the Hatches Creek Wolfram field.