All bags have modular straps so they can be personalised and allow your bag to be worn as a shoulderbag and backpack.
Sidekick
- Wrens
- Stoneware
- Botanica
- Mountainscape
- Tea Tree - Dark
- Tea Tree - Light
- Brushstroke
- Spotted Quoll
- Clouds - Cool
- Clouds - Warm
- Quilted







The Sidekick will fit smaller laptops and most tablets up to 28cm x 22cm.
This means it is slightly too small for even the Macbook Neo, and better suited to tablets like the 13" iPad Pro.
Apart from devices it will fit most everyday items you need apart from larger water bottles and A4 books and papers.
Your bag uses modular, mix-n-match straps so you can configure your bag exactly how you like.
These are attached with custom aluminium hardware developed in-house (and lasercut locally) as there was nothing available that did exactly what was needed.
The straps are available in a range of colours and widths so you can personalise your bag now, or in the coming years.
A full width zipper pocket is located on the front of the Sidekick, and is a secure place to keep smaller items.
To maximise this pockets usefulness there are two smaller, symmetrical sections inside this pocket for your phone, pens and/or a passport.
There is also a key loop in this pocket which allows you to use them while still attached to your bag.
The interior of the bag has been kept intentionally minimal with a full width zipper pocket that is divided into two halves.
These pockets are designed to securely seperate smaller items from the main bag area and perfectly sized to fit a passport or other important cards and such.
The padded grab handle is positioned near the strap loops on the back of the bag.
This gives an easy way to hang and pickup your bag and has been sized to also slip over most suitcase handles, allowing you to effortlessly organise your luggage.
Many customers have mentioned this is a substantial improvement over their existing mattt bag/s without a handle.
Every bag now comes with a unique serial number and QR code digitally printed on a label inside the front pocket.
This allows you to view details about your bag such as the date it was made, a constantly updating cost-per-day and photos of your bag being made.
It also means if your bag is ever misplaced it is as easy as possible for someone to organise it's return through a form on the bags archive page.
Your bag is made to last - and a big part of this durability comes from using the highest quality zips.
The main zipper is a dual YKK #8 coil zipper, while all pockets use a slightly lighter weight YKK #5 zipper.
As these are the standard used in all quality bags this also means should the sliders ever need to be replaced due to wear they are easy parts to source no matter where you are in the world.
What people are saying about their Sidekick ...
The bag was a farewell gift for a colleague and she was blown away with it.
The bag was a farewell gift for a colleague and she was blown away with it.
She loved the colour and it was the perfect size for her as she will be travelling throughout India.
Thanks so much for the speedy reply and general attentiveness!
- Stephanie B, Adelaide
I have just received my bag and I love it!
I have just received my bag and I love it!
I have been using it lots and it has quickly become my favourite.
Quality is second to none.
Thanks for coming to Bowerbird in Adelaide.
- Lisa, Hawthorn
The space is perfect and everything has it's own place within easy access.
The space is perfect and everything has it's own place within easy access.
Really easy to follow and quick to use ordering process, great pictures of the bags and the fabric choices.
I like everything about my bag! It's the most perfect bag I've ever owned.
Also, the zips are so easy to use one-handed and slide effortlessly while being really strong.
- Michelle, New York

Lifetime Guarantee
This is the distillation of my approach to design, materials and making developed over more than twenty years of sewing and selling bags.
Each and every bag is personally sewn in my studio with quality materials, components and construction techniques selected for durability, repairability and sustainability.
Quite simply I guarantee your bag is made for many many years of everyday use.
If in the unlikely event that any stitching or hardware should fail they'll be repaired free for life.

I respectfully acknowledge the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of Melbourne, the traditional custodians of this beautiful land on which I am lucky enough to live, work and create.
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