[3] Bishop started playing water polo for the South Australian Wilderness team based at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre.

Changing the depth would have made it impossible to play water polo in it, and would have imposed a need to drive to another venue for many junior area players.

[8][9] Bishop made her senior National Water Polo League debut in 2007 when she played for Adelaide Jets[3] and was with the team for the 2011 season.

In January 2009, she was a member of the national team that competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival held in Sydney.

[10] In 2010, she was a member of the national team that competed in the preliminary rounds of the FINA World League in Japan from 21 to 23 May and in China from 26 to 28 May.

[8][9] At the 2011 Canada Cup, she scored a goal in the third period in the gold medal match against China that the Australian team ended up winning.