Gulf of Carpentaria farmers return to 'complete devastation' on flood-ravaged properties

Household belongings were strewn across the home at Floraville Station near Burketown. (Supplied: Ernie Camp)

The bodies of livestock and a sea of debris are what greets longtime grazier Ernie Camp as he steps foot on his property for the first time since floods ravaged the Gulf of Carpentaria.

After severe water levels forced him and his family to evacuate their Floraville Station home, near the Leichhardt River, he returned on Wednesday to begin picking up the pieces.