no
You would travel in a southwesterly direction to go to Melbourne from Canberra.
If you are in Washington and would like to get to Indiana, you will have to go towards the west direction.
The most logical direction would be south.
You would go north.
you would go northwest
you would go west
you would go west.
you would go west
which direction would you travel to get from Jackson, Mississippi to Montgomery, Alabama?
The direction is to the East.
I say it depends on what direction you were leaving from.