This week's edition of The Bugle brings you full coverage of the wild weather that battered our region this week with rain and heavy winds causing havoc up and down the coast

The Illawarra and South Coast is counting the cost of the trail of destruction that was left behind.

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Kiama's local government area was inundated with rain and buffeted by heavy winds with gusts of more than 120km/h.

Kiama only received 18mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Thursday after copping 133.2mm in the previous 24-hour period.

Foxground received 148mm, Broughton Creek 191mm and 207mm at Bawley Point during the midweek deluge.

This week's edition also inclusdes a feature on the real estate market with interest rate cuts on the horizon and all the winners from the inaugural Kiama Business Awards ceremony at The Pavilion on Thursday night.

You can also read plenty of great community stories including an update on Kiama's New Year's Eve fireworks display which is in jeopardy, the Council's Dog Strategy and plans for more EV chargers in the LGA.

And there is more on a new local travel service, trekking in Nepal, why quolls just have a dens and all the latest in local sport, including league, rugby, AFL and dragon boating.