The area is currently wet because it’s been raining heavily the past week. There is no standing water here and the conduit is under rock and clay where the hole is about 600mm deep.

The pipe where it was broken had sloppy clay mud in the crack so I splashed it with water so I could get a better look at it. Hence the picture. I figured it was already wet and full of mud so a little splash wouldn’t change anything except remove the mud.

Close, it was a crowbar and shovel to plant a wisteria.