Friends of Yellagonga was successful in obtaining funding from the DEC, the cities of Wanneroo and Joondalup for a baseline study of the endemic long-necked freshwater Turtles (Chelodina oblonga).  This initial research study was conducted in October 2009 by wetland ecologist - Dr Jacqueline C Giles PhD, BSC(Hons).  Friends of Yellagonga plans to continue the study utilising our members.

Summaries of the 2009 Turtle Study Report and 2010 Turtle Study Report will be available shortly as we are not able to publish the reports in their totality as they remain the intellectual property of Dr Jacqueline Giles.