Near the bank, they stop and get out to walk.

We were still near the bank, working our way out slowly.

It would account for their not going near the bank.

Fish were rising near the bank in the brown current.

We stood in the middle of the river, and I cast near the bank.

There wasn't any dust around or near the bank when we went in.

It wasn't even near the bank where the holes were.

They started towards the river and turned onto a path near the bank.

Walking near the bank, they followed the cliff around to the right, back toward the north.

For the same reason Treadstone hasn't gone near the bank.