[TYPO3-UG Australia] Newbie question - How do you start with Typo3 4.0?

[Steve Atkins]

Hi,
 
I run a software development company in Sydney and we have a requirement
to come to grips with Typo3. 
 
I have trawled the Net and read a good deal of the documentaion.
 
The general advice is to start with 'Getting Started' and the quickstart
package. The problem is that this package is no longer available in
release 4.0 and the tutorial is dated 2003.
 
There has been an attempt to make quickstart available as an extension
loaded through the extension manager. I tried this approach and failed
as the mininews extension failed to load. This is a known problem and
has seen no action since April.
 
So, where do I start? I don't mind putting in the hard yards but I don't
like to waste time.
 
Steve