A woman in her 70s says someone fired a pellet gun at her and a friend as they walked along the Fernleigh Track last week, as more stories surface about acts of intimidation and violence on the popular trail.
The retired Newcastle primary school teacher, who asked for her name not to be made public out of concern for safety, told the Herald she and a friend were on the track near Whitebridge just after 10am last Wednesday (July 17) when they heard three "ping" sounds as something hit a tree and the ground near them at high speed.
