A first analysis of a deep blind HI survey covering the southern Zone of Avoidance plus an extension towards the north ( 196 \hbox { $ { } ^ { \circ } $ } \leq \ell \leq 52 \hbox { $ { } ^ { \circ } $ } ) obtained with the Multibeam receiver at the 64 m Parkes telescope reveals slightly over a thousand galaxies within the latitude completeness limit of |b| \leq 5 \hbox { $ { } ^ { \circ } $ } .
The characteristics and the uncovered large-scale structures of this survey are described , in particular the prominence of the Norma Supercluster , the possible cluster around PKS 1343 - 601 ( both in the Great Attractor region ) , as well as the Local Void and the clustering in the Puppis region .

In this blind HI survey , HIZOA J0836 - 43 , one of the most massive spiral galaxies known to date was discovered ( M _ { HI } = 7.3 \cdot 10 ^ { 10 } { M _ { \odot } } , M _ { T } = 1.1 \cdot 10 ^ { 12 } { M } _ { \odot } ; H _ { 0 } = 75 km/s/Mpc ) .
Although of similar mass as Malin 1-like objects , this galaxy does not share their typical low-surface brightness properties but seems an exceptionally massive but normal , high-surface brightness , star-forming galaxy .