A great soul scene exists in Australia and if you should ever be lucky enough to go there there is something on in most of the big cities on a regular basis, they also have a National Northern Soul Weekender around November each year with different cities taking a turn to organise the event, all details can be found on the web sites or by contacting any of the people mentioned.
If you ever fancy a good holiday in the sun with loads of good music then get over to Italy, they have a good soul scene with All-Nighters and some regular weekends as well, Rimini being one of the most popular, check out the websites.
Below is some of the Soul Crew we met at an All-Nighter in Bologna, Carlo Campaiola is at the front in the red jumper
Contact for info and accomodations: romasoulcity@gmail.com
Northern Soul in Sweden has been on the go for many years and I was lucky enough to be invited by Christian Ostlund in Gothenburg to be able to Dj at an All-Nighter there a few years ago, I was taken back by the knowledge and the sounds that some of these guys have over there and they always attract some of the UKs top Dj's