We have just been advised by auDA that the first round geographic domains ballot will be held tomorrow (16 August 2005) afternoon.

auDA is expected to notify registrars of the results within 48 hours, and probably somewhat sooner.

Here are some general statistics from the geographic domains ballot.

Total number of applications: 9,843
Total number of unique domains: 2,728
Total number of applicants: 1,774
Highest number of applications per single applicant: 637

Top 10 domains

• perth.com.au (138 applications)
• cairns.com.au (132)
• margaretriver.com.au (127)
• canberra.com.au (93)
• byronbay.com.au (92)
• bondi.com.au (91)
• surfersparadise.com.au (87)
• casino.com.au (85)
• portdouglas.com.au (84)
• manly.com.au (77)